An aircraft carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle went missing Thursday afternoon and rescuers searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft. The Bering Air Caravan was heading from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot,

A plane with 10 people on board has gone missing in Alaska, authorities have confirmed. On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Bering Air Caravan flight, heading from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue at around 4 p.m. local time, per a statement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

The Cessna, operated by Bering Air, went off the radar and lost radio contact minutes before it was scheduled to land in Nome.

A search is underway in Alaska after a plane with 10 people on board never arrived in Nome when scheduled, officials said. The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said. There were nine passengers and a pilot on board, officials said.

Crews in Alaska are searching for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board. Alaska State Troopers received reports at 4 p.m. local time that a Bering Air Caravan heading from Unalakleet to Nome carrying nine passengers and a pilot was overdue, according to an online statement.

Federal and local authorities said late Thursday they are searching for a plane with 10 people aboard that has gone missing in western Alaska.

A search is under way for a small passenger plane that disappeared mid-air during dangerous winter weather in rural Alaska on Thursday.

WASHINGTON: A small commercial flight carrying 10 people was reported missing Thursday in the northwestern US state of Alaska, according to law enforcement. Alaska state police said a Bering Air Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board was reported overdue on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome at 4:00 pm Alaska Standard Time (0100 GMT).