Vermont State Police have confirmed they are searching an area near Bald Mountain where they believe that a plane may have crashed.

Axar.az informs citing express.co.uk.

Police Force spokesman Adam Silverman said they could not release any more information at this time.

It is believed that the pilot was alone in the aircraft.

Fire crews are helping to search the area near Bennington, which has several forested areas nearby.

Quad bikes were used to help navigate the search area before night fell.

The teams had failed to locate any sign of the wreckage by 9pm, local time, according to local news reports.

Rescue workers have set up a command post at the Mount Anthony Union Middle School.

In 2014, Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpar to Beijing.

The plane was carrying 239 passengers at the time of its disappearance.

Although it has never been definitely concluded what happened to the flight, it is believed that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah deliberately landed the craft in the Indian Ocean.