Tragedy has struck the U.S. aviation world once more after search and rescue teams feverishly combing the wintry and icy landscape near Nome, Alaska, where a U.S. Bering Air Cessna was last seen on radar,

The search continues Friday for a small plane that went missing in Alaska, with 10 people on board. The Bering Air flight was traveling from the village of Unalakleet to Nome when it was reported missing at around 4 p.m. local time Thursday, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety, State Troopers.