Officials are still investigating what caused a small commuter plane to crash out of the sky over Alaska last week, killing all 10 people aboard — but Joel Natwick, a longtime pilot in the state, thinks ice could be to blame.

Residents of rural Alaska are showing their support for a regional airline whose commuter plane crashed last week just south of the Arctic Circle.

This aircraft experienced some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed.'