Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea.

The bodies of all 10 people who were killed when a regional airline flight crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been recovered and identified, authorities said Saturday.

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.

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.

Officials from the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced on Saturday that all 10 people—nine passengers and the pilot—onboard the small passenger plane that went missing and was later found to have crashed in Alaska on Feb.

The aircraft is on an ice floe that is drifting about 5 miles a day, creating difficult conditions for recovery crews.

Wreckage of missing Alaska flight found with no survivors - The U.S. Coast Guard announced the aircraft had been found approximately 34 miles southeast of of Nome on Friday afternoon