All 10 people aboard a small plane that went missing and was later discovered crashed in Alaska have been confirmed dead, officials said in a statement Saturday.

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine

The authorities in Alaska have confirmed that the remains of all 10 people killed in the small plane crash have been recovered. The plane crashed into the ice on the Bering Sea earlier this week. The confirmation came from the Nome Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday afternoon.