A Cessna plane with 10 people on board has gone missing during a flight in Alaska, according to local and state officials.

The U.S. Coast Guard has joined a search for a small airplane with 10 people aboard that went missing along Alaska's west coast during a flight to Nome a day earlier. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft was reported missing en route from Unalakleet about 4 p.

The Bering Air plane was reported missing on its way from Unalakleet to Nome, remote communities south of the Arctic Circle.

The Bering Air Caravan was reported missing at around 4 p.m. local time, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

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

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.

Alaska's U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, issued statements about the missing plane on X, saying their thoughts and prayers are with the passengers, their families,