A search is underway in northwest Alaska for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board, officials say. Bering Air Flight 445 — a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan — was carrying nine passengers and a pilot from Unalakleet to Nome when it went missing on Thursday afternoon,

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

The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome.