The Cessna Caravan left Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., and officials lost contact with it less than an hour later, according to David Olson, director of operations for Bering Air. The aircraft was 12 miles (19 kilometers) offshore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Nome Fire department are responding to reports of a missing plane with 10 people onboard Thursday in rural Alaska.

The plane was reported as "overdue" as it hasn't yet been classified as a crash or accident, but medics are on standby in case this changes.

In what may add more fuel to the fire, a Bering Air plane carrying 10 people has gone missing while en route to Alaska.

A search is under way after a Bering Air plane carrying 10 people went missing while flying over Alaska. The plane lost contact on its flight from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon, with rescuers searching into the night for any sign of the aircraft.

A Bering Air flight with ten people on board has suddenly ‘vanished’ from the radar near Nome, Alaska as per reports. A plane crash is suspected and a search has been initiated for the commercial flight.

Crews in Alaska are searching for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board while over Norton Sound off Nome.