Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities are racing to recover their remains and the wreckage of the small commuter plane from unstable sea ice before expected high winds and snow.

A small plane that went missing Thursday in Alaska with 10 people onboard has been found with at least three bodies inside. Officials believe no one survived.

The Bering Air single-engine turboprop plane was traveling from Unalakleet on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot. It lost contact about less than an hour after takeoff.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board were dead, authorities said. The crash was one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said rescuers were searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter when they spotted the wreckage.

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,

The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice on Friday, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude on Thursday and the crash killed all 10 people on board, officials said.

The wreckage of a small commercial passenger plane that went missing in freezing, windy conditions over the Bering Sea was found Friday, officials said. All 10 onboard are presumed dead. Rescuers on Friday were able to see three deceased people inside the wreckage,

A missing plane with 10 aboard was found crashed in Alaska on Friday, a day after it left for Nome and never arrived, the Coast Guard said.