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

A crashed airplane with three dead people inside has been found in western Alaska during the search for a flight that went missing Thursday with 10 people aboard, the Coast Guard said Friday.The crashed plane was found around 34 miles southeast of Nome,

Planes carry transponders that transmit their real-time location. The Alaska plane stopped sharing that data on Thursday.

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.

The Bering Air flight was reported missing when it failed to arrive in Nome, Alaska, from Unalakleet in the same state but near white-out conditions hampered search attempts

A plane carrying 10 people vanished over Alaska's Norton Sound, south of the Arctic Circle. The search continues amidst harsh weather. The Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome when contact was lost less than an hour into the flight.

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

Authorities are searching part of Alaska's western coast for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people.

An aircraft carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle went missing Thursday afternoon and rescuers searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft.