The commuter flight that crashed on Alaska sea ice last week was part of the workhorse network of short-hop flights that people in the vast state rely on for routine.

The Cessna Caravan was flying from Unalakleet to Nome when it went down on Thursday. The crash victims ranged in age from 30 to 58, and were from Anchorage, Eagle River, Nome, Unalakleet and Wasilla.

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea.