Plane With 4 On Board Missing Off Bahamas Coast

The United States Coast Guard is searching for an overdue aircraft off the coast of the Bahamas, the agency said in a news release.

The passengers on board the aircraft are from New York and New Hampshire. The coast guard has identified the passengers on board as Jennifer Blumin, Nathan Ulrich, of Lee, New Hampshire and Blumin's two sons, who are 4 and 10-years-old.

According to the coast guard, watch standers received a report from Miami Air Traffic Control at 2:10 p.m. on Monday that they had lost communication with the MU-2B airplane. The plane was at a height of 24,000 feet when communication was lost.

The plane departed from Puerto Rico around 11 a.m. and became overdue after failing to arrive in Titusville, Florida, about 40 miles east of Orlando.

The search for the plane is ongoing Tuesday. Customs and Border Patrol and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force are assisting in the search.

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