The American Coast Guard in Alaska On Friday, the debris of a small plane who suddenly lost height on Thursday and lost, with 10 occupants, retracting three of the corpses.

“The remaining 7 people are believed to be inside the aircraft, but at the moment they are inaccessible because of the status of the plane”reported the Coast Guard in X.

The wreckage were found in snowy ground, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of the meaning, the Coast Guard said in a suspension including a photo of the debris in the snow and two recovery team members.

“Our heartfelt condolences to those affected by this tragic incident,” declared the Coast Guard.

The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft with a pilot and nine adult passengers It was reported that it was lost on the road to Unalakleet at about 4 pm local time on Thursday.

The plane was lost about 19 km from the coast over the frozen waters of the Norton Sound, which is part of the Berggue Sea, according to the Coast Guard.

THE Benjamin McINTyre-CobleCoast Guard Officer in Alaska, said the plane suffered a rapid loss of height and speedaccording to radar data, but could not give details of what could have caused it.

According to the Flighradar24 flight monitoring site, the last known aircraft position was above water, about 40 minutes after take -off. THE Weather was bad In the area where the plane fell suddenly, officials said.

Bering Air’s plane was flight from United to Norton, a regularly scheduled suburban flight crossing the Norton Sound. The family of the occupants has been informed, but the names have not been known.

THE Clint JohnsonHead of the Office of the National Transport Security Council in Alaska, he said during a press conference on Friday that the NTSB has begun its investigation, focusing on search and rescue operations.

The incident comes in a period of increased air security control in the United States. NTSB researchers are investigating Two deadly accidents in recent days: The collision of a passenger aircraft and helicopter of the US Army Black Hawk in Washington, who killed 67 people and a medical aircraft in Philadelphia that killed seven.