The Bering Air plane lost contact as it flew over a remote part of Alaska. Nine passengers and one pilot are currently unaccounted for as fears grow for the group.

A Bering Air Cessna 208 Caravan carrying 10 people went missing over Alaska on Thursday afternoon while flying to Nome.

Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities are racing to recover their remains and the wreckage of the small commuter plane from unstable sea ice before expected high winds and snow.