Authorities believe they have found the wreckage of an aircraft carrying 10 people which went missing Thursday in Alaska, officials said Friday. At least three bodies were discovered in the wreckage.

Rescuers in Alaska continued to scour the Seward Peninsula on Friday, desperately searching for a small plane carrying 10 people that did not arrive in Nome as scheduled, authorities said. The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said.

The Cessna, operated by Bering Air, went off the radar and lost radio contact minutes before it was scheduled to land in Nome.