The Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome disappeared without a trace on Thursday, with medics on standby in anticipation of a possible crash scenario

A Bering Air flight with 10 people onboard went missing over Nome, Alaska, late on Thursday, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department said.

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.