The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead. The coastguard said seven other bodies are believed to be inside the aircraft, but are currently inaccessible because of the condition of the plane.

The agency says it has recovered three bodies, with the remaining seven still inaccessible due to the condition of the aircraft.

An aircraft that went missing in Alaska with 10 people aboard on Thursday has been found, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.

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.

Officials from the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced on Saturday that all 10 people—nine passengers and the pilot—onboard the small passenger plane that went missing and was later found to have crashed in Alaska on Feb.

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, authorities said.

Bodies of all 10 people onboard the commercial aircraft Cessna Caravan that crashed in Alaska on Thursday (Feb 6) have been recovered, according to the authorities. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department announced the update on recovery in a social media post on Saturday (Feb 8).

Bodies of all 10 victims now recovered as crews raced against incoming storm - Two victims identified in Flight 445 crash in rural western region of Nome, as rescuers prepare to lift wreck off sea ice