A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board were dead, authorities said. The crash was one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years.

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

Rescuers in Alaska continued to scour the Seward Peninsula on Friday, desperately searching for a small plane carrying 10 people that did not arrive in Nome as scheduled, authorities said. The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said.