The a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot.

The sudden disappearance of a Cessna plane with 10 people on board during a flight in Nome, Alaska, has raised scrutiny on the history of mysterious dispapreance in the small city sitting very close t

A search is underway in Alaska after a plane with 10 people on board did not arrive in Nome when scheduled, officials 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. Nine passengers and a pilot were on board, officials said.