Planes carry transponders that transmit their real-time location. The Alaska plane stopped sharing that data on Thursday.

A plane carrying 10 people seemingly vanished while flying over Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle, triggering a desperate search along the state’s western coast on Friday.

The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska on Friday found the wreckage of a small plane that suddenly lost altitude on Thursday and went missing with 10 people on board, recovering three of the bodies. "The remaining 7 people are believed to be inside the aircraft but are currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane,