The search in northwest Alaska intensified Friday for a plane that disappeared with 10 people on board after "an item of interest" was located, officials there say. Bering Air Flight 445 — a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan — was carrying nine passengers and a pilot from Unalakleet to Nome when it went missing on Thursday afternoon,

The a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said rescuers were searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter when they spotted the wreckage.