Amid recent aviation issues and crashes in the U.S., one small plane has now gone missing in Alaska while en route from Unalakleet to Nome.

A small plane which crashed in western Alaska with 10 people on board has been found and the US Coast Guard (USCG) says there were no survivors. The Bering Air flight left Unalakleet at 2.38pm on Thursday but contact was lost less than an hour later, the firm's operations director David Olson said.

Three people were found inside the aircraft and "reported to be deceased," the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said on X. The remaining seven people were also believed to be inside but were "currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane,