A plane carrying 10 people seemingly vanished while flying over Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle, triggering a desperate search along the state’s western coast on Friday.

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.

Authorities are searching part of Alaska's western coast for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people.

A plane carrying 10 people vanished over Alaska's Norton Sound, south of the Arctic Circle. The search continues amidst harsh weather. The Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome when contact was lost less than an hour into the flight.

The Bering Air Caravan was heading from the village of Unalakleet to Nome — a distance of about 150 miles — when it disappeared over Alaska’s Norton Sound.

Rescuers searched overnight Thursday and into Friday morning for an aircraft that went missing in icy seas off Alaska. The Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, carrying nine passengers and a pilot,