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,

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.

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.

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 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.

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