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Coast Guard Searching For Missing Plane Off Nantucket
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
14
First seen
Oct 3, 2:09 PM EDT
updated Oct 8, 4:01 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by MV Times, WBTS-CD and 12 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A medical plane traveling toward Boston went missing off the coast of Nantucket, where the Coast Guard discovered debris and identified all passengers aboard, according to WBTS-CD and WCVB. The Coast Guard subsequently suspended its search for passengers among the wreckage, The Boston Globe reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (14), version 8, Oct 8, 4:43 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Canadian search team leading investigation in search of missing medical plane off coast of Nantucket · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)
- Coast Guard identifies all passengers on medical plane missing off Nantucket Island · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)
- Coast Guard suspends search for passengers among debris of Boston-bound medical plane that went missing off Nantucket · The Boston Globe
- Plane traveling to Boston missing; search off Nantucket · Cape Cod Times
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WPVI-TV
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WABC-TV (ABC 7 New York)
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KGO-TV (ABC7 Bay Area)
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WTVD
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WLS-TV
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KABC-TV
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KTRK-TV
- Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KFSN-TV
- Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane amid search off Nantucket · WBTS-CD
- Coast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket · MV Times
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Plane traveling to Boston missing; search off Nantucket · Cape Cod TimesOct 2, 8:00 PM EDT
Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane amid search off Nantucket · WBTS-CDOct 3, 3:40 AM EDT
Coast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket · MV TimesOct 3, 2:09 PM EDT
Coast Guard confirms debris found from medical plane off coast of Nantucket · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)Oct 3, 3:36 PM EDT
Six aboard missing Boston-bound medical plane off Nantucket · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)Oct 3, 6:36 PM EDT
Searchers find debris linked to Boston-bound medical plane that went missing off Nantucket · The Boston GlobeOct 3, 10:06 PM EDT
Debris from missing medical transfer jet found off Nantucket as search continues · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)Oct 4, 10:14 AM EDT
Search continues for missing 6 aboard medical transfer jet, debris found off Nantucket · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)Oct 4, 1:30 PM EDT
Coast Guard suspends search for missing medical transfer jet found off Nantucket · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)Oct 4, 7:16 PM EDT
Search suspended for missing passengers on board Boston-bound medical plane, US Coast Guard says · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)Oct 4, 9:07 PM EDT
Coast Guard suspends search for passengers among debris of Boston-bound medical plane that went missing off Nantucket · The Boston Globe · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 4, 10:56 PM EDT
Bermuda police identify woman, son on board medical plane missing off Nantucket · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)Oct 5, 5:24 PM EDT
Coast Guard identifies all passengers on medical plane missing off Nantucket Island · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)Oct 5, 10:11 PM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KGO-TV (ABC7 Bay Area)Oct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WTVD · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WPVI-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WABC-TV (ABC 7 New York) · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · WLS-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KFSN-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KABC-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Medical plane missing: Gulfstream G-100 bound for Boston to Bermuda goes missing near Nantucket, Massachusetts, US Coast Guard says · KTRK-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 9:28 AM EDT
Canadian search team leading investigation in search of missing medical plane off coast of Nantucket · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)Oct 8, 4:01 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 4, 2:44 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 4, 2:46 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.Oct 5, 9:20 PM EDTHeld: Held after review because this was distributed nationally and was not a local report.Oct 8, 4:43 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.