The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome.

Authorities in Alaska search for a commercial passenger plane that went missing over the Bering Sea.

A frantic search has been launched for a missing Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska. The small airplane was carrying nine passengers and one pilot when it disappeared off radar

The plane was flying from the Alaskan coastal city of Unalakleet to another city along the Bering Sea coast, Nome—a journey that usually takes less than an hour.

Rescue operations are underway Friday after a small plane with 10 people went missing over Alaska’s Norton Sound shoreline — an inlet of the Bering Sea. The aircraft owned by Bering Air Caravan

A plane with 10 people on board has gone missing in Alaska, authorities have confirmed. On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Bering Air Caravan flight, heading from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue at around 4 p.m. local time, per a statement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS).

A search of Alaskan waters is underway in rough weather after a regional flight with 10 people on board went missing during a flight, according to local and state officials. CNN aviation analyst Miles O’Brien explains what we know so far and the conditions that should give officials hope as they search for the aircraft.