Rescuers have found the wreckage of a Norwegian military plane that crashed with five people on board during an exercise in northern Sweden, officials said today.

Parts of the C-130 cargo aircraft were found scattered over a glacier on mount Kebnekaise, rescue spokesman Mathias Hansson said.

Four men and one woman - all Norwegians - were on board the plane heading from Evenes, on Norway's Arctic coast, to the Swedish city of Kiruna when it disappeared from radar screens Thursday over the mountain range.

Hansson said the crew had not been found, but "there is nothing that indicates" they had survived the crash.

"There are a lot of wreckage parts spread out over a large area. It suggests it was a major impact," Hansson said.

The plane was taking part in a Norwegian-led military exercise with 16,000 soldiers from 14 countries. Rescue helicopters and military aircraft searched the mountainous area about 50 miles west of Kiruna, but were hampered by poor visibility brought on by low clouds, snow and strong winds.

Kebnekaise is Sweden's highest mountain, more than 2,100 meters above sea level.