India, Feb. 7 -- A Bering Air plane with 10 people on board has gone missing while flying over Alaska. According to BNO News, the flight disappeared from radar near Nome in Alaska. A search and rescue operation is already underway.

The flight was carrying nine passengers with one pilot when it lost contact. It had taken off from Unalakleet at 2:37 pm and was last seen over the Norton Sound area of the Bering Sea at 3:16 pm. The US Coast Guard said the flight was 12 miles offshore when it vanished.

A Nome resident named Walter Rose has revealed on social media that police explored the possibility of searching the water and asked if his boat was operational.

Rose said he replied in the affirmative. However, the cops did not return to use...