Crime & Safety
PA Plane Crashes, Goes Missing Off Atlantic Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a plane that left from a Pennsylvania airport late Sunday night.
READING, PA — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a small plane from Reading, Berks County that went missing after crashing into the ocean late Sunday night.
The white and beige, Piper 28 aircraft went down around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday off the coast of Massachusetts, Coast Guard officials said.
The location was near Cape Cod, about 3-and-a-half miles from Nauset Beach. The pilot was the only person on board.
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane left from Reading Regional Airport and was headed to Chatham Municipal Airport.
The plane's last transmitted signal was at 6:49 p.m., descending at 4,000 feet per minute.
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#Update @USCG assets continue to search off of #NausetBeach this morning. Assets Include: -an HC-144 Ocean Sentry from Air Station Cape Cod -CGC SPENCER and CGC SANIBEL -STA Chatham’s 45-foot RB-M -Harbormasters from #Harwich, #Chatham, and Orleans #SAR
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) November 1, 2021
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With reporting from Patch correspondent Jimmy Bentley
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