Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying six people
Flight data shows the jet dropped roughly 9,000 feet over two minutes before levelling off and disappearing, NPR reports.
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The US Coast Guard has found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared, according to NPR.
Flight data cited by NPR shows the aircraft dropped at least 9,000 feet over the course of about two minutes before levelling off for several more minutes, and then disappearing from tracking. The report did not specify, in the excerpt available, the exact cause of the altitude loss or the final location where contact was lost.
The discovery of debris marks a significant development in the search for the aircraft, which had been carrying six people at the time it vanished. NPR's report did not identify those aboard in the portion cited here.
Search and recovery efforts were expected to continue as investigators work to determine what caused the plane's dramatic loss of altitude and subsequent disappearance, based on the flight data reviewed so far.
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