Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle.

The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety. Authorities were working to determine its last known coordinates.

Search underway as the disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days.{ai:summary}<p>Rescuers are searching for a missing plane in Alaska's Norton Sound, carrying 10 people, including a pilot. The Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome when it lost contact on Thursday afternoon. Authorities are trying to establish its last known coordinates. #society</p>

Plane carrying 10 people goes missing in Alaska, search underway

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