sábado, 25 de mayo de 2019

Coast Guard responds to downed aircraft 221 miles northeast of Bahamas

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. C. T. O'Neil (archive)

MIAMI — The Coast Guard is responding to a downed aircraft Friday approximately 221 miles northeast of Marsh Harbor, Bahamas.

Two Florida Air National Guard F-15 fighter aircrafts​ witnessed the plane crash in the ocean.

Coast Guard 7th District​ watchstanders were notified by Miami Mission Control of a non-responsive pilot traveling from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in a 2001 twin-engine Cessna Citation aircraft at approximately 5 p.m. Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater​ HC-130 Hercules airplane crew to respond to the incident.

MMC stated the aircraft was reported to only have a pilot aboard.​
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