The search continues Friday for a small plane that went missing in Alaska, with 10 people on board. The Bering Air flight was traveling from the village of Unalakleet to Nome when it was reported missing at around 4 p.m. local time Thursday, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety, State Troopers.

A Bering Air flight with nine passengers and its pilot remains missing in Alaska - as officials revealed the plane suffered 'some kind of event' and 'rapidly lost altitude and speed'

The Nome Volunteer Fire Department said that it was actively conducting ground searches from Nome and White Mountain to find the missing Bering Air plane.