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Commuter plane crashes off Massachusetts
Report: Aircraft carried only crew, no passengers
Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Posted: 4:46 PM EDT (2046 GMT)
• Colgan Air flight routes
HYANNIS, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A commuter airplane crashed Tuesday into Nantucket Sound off southeastern Massachusetts, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, said the Coast Guard was informed by the air traffic control tower in Hyannis that the plane had only its crew of two aboard and no passengers.
The FAA said the aircraft was on a repositioning flight, moving the plane from one airport to another.
The fate of the crew was not known.
Debris was floating in the water at the crash scene, as many small boats and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the area.
The incident occurred at 3:38 p.m. EDT, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
The Colgan Air flight had just left Barnstable Municipal Airport for Albany, New York, when an emergency was declared, she said. Colgan Air operates as a US Airways Express carrier.
The plane attempted to return to Hyannis but crashed three miles south of the airport into Nantucket Sound, she said.
The Beech 1900 twin turboprop could hold the two crew members and up to 19 passengers.
Commuter plane crashes off Massachusetts
Report: Aircraft carried only crew, no passengers
Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Posted: 4:46 PM EDT (2046 GMT)
• Colgan Air flight routes
HYANNIS, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A commuter airplane crashed Tuesday into Nantucket Sound off southeastern Massachusetts, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, said the Coast Guard was informed by the air traffic control tower in Hyannis that the plane had only its crew of two aboard and no passengers.
The FAA said the aircraft was on a repositioning flight, moving the plane from one airport to another.
The fate of the crew was not known.
Debris was floating in the water at the crash scene, as many small boats and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the area.
The incident occurred at 3:38 p.m. EDT, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
The Colgan Air flight had just left Barnstable Municipal Airport for Albany, New York, when an emergency was declared, she said. Colgan Air operates as a US Airways Express carrier.
The plane attempted to return to Hyannis but crashed three miles south of the airport into Nantucket Sound, she said.
The Beech 1900 twin turboprop could hold the two crew members and up to 19 passengers.