Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A small plane carrying 10 people over Alaska went missing on Thursday afternoon, and rescue crews searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft. Authorities said the commuter plane crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome and was located Friday on sea ice. All 10 people on board died.

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