Authorities are focusing on the wreckage of a plane that crashed off western Alaska as they try to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea, killing 10 people.

All 10 victims of a regional airline flight that crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been recovered, authorities said Saturday.

Authorities believe they have found the wreckage of an aircraft carrying 10 people which went missing Thursday in Alaska, officials said Friday. All 10 were believed to have died in the crash.

Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities are racing to recover their remains and the wreckage of the small commuter plane from unstable sea ice before expected high winds and snow.

The bodies of 10 people killed in a plane crash were recovered and identified Saturday after the small commuter aircraft was found Friday night. The Coast Guard in Alaska said it ended its search after the missing Cessna Caravan turboprop was found approximately 34 miles southeast of Noma.

Three people were found inside the aircraft and "reported to be deceased," the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said on X. The remaining seven people were also believed to be inside but were "currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane,

The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice on Friday, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude on Thursday and the crash killed all 10 people on board, officials said.

Authorities say the remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered.