Crews in Alaska were searching Friday for a small commercial plane that went missing with 10 people on board, local authorities said, in the latest US air incident.
The Bering Air Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board was reported overdue Thursday on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome at 4:00 pm Alaska Standard Time (0100 GMT), Alaska state police said.
The two cities are located roughly 146 miles (235 kilometers) apart from each other across the Norton Sound, on the state's west coast.
Nome's volunteer fire department said in a Facebook post that "the pilot of the plane told Anchorage air traffic control that "he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared" before disappearing.
