A plane was reported missing near Nome late Thursday afternoon, according to officials. Jim West, volunteer fire and ambulance chief in Nome, said a plane went down with 10 people onboard. The plane — a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft owned by Bering Air — was reported to have been flying from Unalakleet to Nome,

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

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.

Authorities are searching part of Alaska's western coast for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people.

Authorities are searching rural Alaska for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people. Officials say the Bering Air Caravan was reported missing at about 4 p.m.

Crews in Nome, Alaska, are conducting search and rescue operations after the report of a missing Bering Air caravan with 10 people aboard.

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.