Tonight, the breaking news and the missing plane mystery along the coast of Alaska.

Radar contact lost two-five miles east and home the alarm.

The desperate search with 10 people believed to be on board, the Coast Guard exploring the freezing waters in snowy and icy conditions,

a plane matching the description of the plane just located.

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There is breaking news in the search for a missing passenger plane off the coast of Alaska.

The plane vanished off radar with nine passengers and a lone pilot off the coast of Alaska, triggering a massive search.

Controllers lost control with the plane on what could have been

a short flight from Unileclete to Nome. Tonight, air traffic control audio revealing an urgent call to

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