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  "id": 11774039,
  "title": "Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/medical-plane-with-6-on-board-missing-off-massachusetts-coast-11774039",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T21:32:52.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/medical-plane-with-6-on-board-missing-off-massachusetts-coast/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A medical plane carrying six individuals went missing off the coast of Massachusetts early Saturday morning, prompting a search and rescue operation. The Federal Aviation Administration reported losing contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane just after 1:00 local time, and the US Coast Guard initiated a search from an air and water perspective off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island. According to flight data from FlightAware, the plane had departed from Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport at 23:40 local time and was scheduled to land at Boston's Logan International Airport at 1:30 EDT (6:30 GMT). The Coast Guard's tail number identified the aircraft as belonging to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that specializes in international medical flights for patients returning home. The flight data indicated a significant drop in altitude, with the plane plummeting from around 7,300m (24,000ft) to 3,300m (11,000ft) before its communications went silent.",
  "summary": "US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane bound for Boston, Massachusetts went missing early Saturday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search and rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT). An air and water [...] The post Medical plane with 6 on board missing off…",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/medical-plane-with-6-on-board-missing-off-massachusetts-coast",
        "published": "2026-10-03T15:56:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Medical plane carrying six people missing off US east coast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/medical-plane-carrying-six-people-missing-off-us-east-coast",
        "published": "2026-10-03T16:16:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Medical plane carrying six people missing off US east coast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/medical-plane-carrying-six-people-missing-off-us-east-coast-11723337",
        "published": "2026-10-03T16:21:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "US coastguard searching for missing plane carrying six people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/us-coastguard-searching-for-missing-plane-carrying-six-people",
        "published": "2026-10-03T18:09:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}