On Friday, searchers probed miles of icy tundra and flew over expanses of ice-covered seas in western Alaska seeking any indication of a plane that vanished while transporting 10 people

A Bering Air flight with nine passengers and its pilot went missing in Alaska after the plane suffered "some kind of event" and "rapidly lost altitude and speed" on Thursday

Bering Air plane crash that killed ten people near Nome, Alaska, may have been caused by one key weather condition, a professional pilot who has recorded 3,500 flight hours suggested. Most Alaska communities are not connected to the states main road system and rely heavily on alternate means of travel,