Authorities confirmed on Saturday the recovery of the remains of all ten individuals who perished in the tragic commuter plane crash off the Alaskan coast. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department shared the somber news on Facebook, stating that all passengers and crew members of the Bering Air flight had been "officially brought home."

Among the victims were Rhone Baumgartner, 46, and Kameron Hartvigson, 41, who were returning to Nome after working on a heat recovery system at the Unalakleet water plant, as reported by the Associated Press, citing the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. The pilot, Chad Antill, 34, of Nome, also lost his life in the crash.

Other victims, as identified by the Anchorage Daily News, included Liane Ryan, 52, of Wasilla; Donnell Erickson, 58, of Nome; Andrew Gonzalez, 30, of Wasilla; Jadee Moncur, 52, of Eagle River; Ian Hofmann, 45, of Anchorage; Talaluk Katchatag, 34, of Unalakleet; and Carol Mooers, 48, of Unalakleet.

A Bering Air plane similar to the one involved in the crash. (Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Taking advantage of a break in the weather, officials focused on bringing the victims home. Efforts to recover the single-engine turboprop plane itself are still underway. The aircraft vanished on Thursday during its journey from Unalakleet to Nome. The U.S. Coast Guard located the wreckage on sea ice approximately 30 miles southeast of Nome the following day. A Black Hawk helicopter is slated to retrieve the wreckage from the water.

The Coast Guard's assessment of the wreckage indicated no chance of survival. An "item of interest" related to the search was also recovered. This incident marks one of Alaska's deadliest plane crashes in the past quarter-century.

Coast Guard rescue swimmers near the crash site. (X/@USCGAlaska)

The regularly scheduled Bering Air flight departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. Thursday and vanished about 12 miles offshore. FlightRadar data indicates the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX's last report was just after 3:15 p.m. local time Thursday over Norton Sound. At 3:18 p.m., data revealed a sudden drop in both altitude and speed, the cause of which remains under investigation.

National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy assured the public of a thorough investigation, emphasizing the goal of enhancing aviation safety throughout Alaska and the United States. No distress signals or messages were received from the aircraft.

The flight path of the ill-fated Bering Air plane. (Fox News)

A nine-person NTSB team from various states is being deployed to the scene. The Federal Aviation Administration is also contributing an investigator, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who pledged the Department of Transportation's full support. This investigation unfolds amidst other ongoing plane crash investigations.

Ice conditions in the Bering Sea. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

This Alaskan tragedy represents the third fatal U.S. plane crash in just over a week, following a midair collision near Washington, D.C., on January 29 and a medical plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31.