TUNTUTULIAK -- A Yute Air flight carrying eight people -- including two children on laps -- was forced to land on the tundra Wednesday night about 17 miles from the village of Tuntutuliak in southwest Alaska, an investigator said.

No one was seriously injured according to initial reports, he said.

The Cessna 207 apparently lost engine power on a run between Kipnuk and Bethel, said Clint Johnson, senior air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.

The flight left Bethel shortly before 5 p.m. and was forced to land soon after, he said.

Tuntutuliak search-and-rescue volunteers on six snowmachines left in subzero, clear weather for the plane just before 6 p.m., said Village Public Safety Officer Wassillie Gilila.

"The trail, it's kind of rough," Gilila said. "It might take them -- I'm guessing about an hour to get there and about an hour to come back."

The rescuers hauled a pair of sleds and warm weather gear for the passengers, he said.

Tuntutuliak is about 40 miles from the Bering Sea Coast and 40 miles southwest of Bethel.

Around 7 p.m., the temperature at Bethel was 6 degrees below zero..