Coast Guard Searches for Missing Medical Transport Plane Carrying Six People
Flight tracking data showed the aircraft dropped sharply before leveling off and later disappearing, according to NPR.
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The US Coast Guard is searching for a missing medical transport plane carrying six people, after flight tracking data showed the aircraft behaving erratically before it disappeared, according to NPR.
Flight data cited in the report showed the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over the course of about two minutes. The aircraft then leveled off and continued flying for several more minutes before it vanished from tracking systems.
An active search effort
Medical transport flights typically carry patients and medical personnel between facilities, meaning a disappearance of this kind raises immediate concern both for the people aboard and for search crews working to locate the aircraft. The Coast Guard's involvement indicates the search is likely focused on an area over water or otherwise within its jurisdiction.
The sharp altitude loss recorded in the flight data, followed by a period of more stable flight before the aircraft's disappearance, presents investigators with an unusual sequence of events that will likely be central to understanding what happened during the flight's final minutes.
Authorities have not yet confirmed the fate of the six people aboard, and search operations were continuing as of the latest available report.
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