🗞️ Story file #33
Coast Guard suspends search for six missing after medical plane vanishes off Massachusetts Coast
Oct 3, 12 PM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET
- 37outlets carried it
- 🫏14 · 8 · 15🐘left · center · right
- 3.3 dayson the front pages
- 33front pages at once, at its peak
- 2 minof TV captions
- 14radio newscasts
- 23people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 3, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Independent
- Oct 4, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 4, 2 PM ETretold online by 23 people
- Oct 4, 10 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 5, 7 AM ETpeak: on 33 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (HuffPost, Military.com, Washington Examiner)
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 medical flight 🫏 plane vanishes 🐘 near nantucket
✏️ 22 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- ABC News (6 wordings): “Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says” → “Coast Guard names 6 people onboard medical transport plane”
- AP (6 wordings): “Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on a trip from Bermuda to Boston” → “Search suspended for 6 people on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston”
- BBC (5 wordings): “Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast” → “All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast”
- CBS News (4 wordings): “Debris found of medical plane that went missing near Nantucket with 6 on board” → “Coast Guard suspends search for 6 missing medical jet passengers off Nantucket”
- Google News (10 wordings): “US Coast Guard searching for air ambulance, carrying 6 en route to Boston, off Nantucket - The Boston Globe” → “Searchers find debris of Boston-bound medical plane that went missing off Nantucket - The Boston Globe”
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “U.S. Coast Guard Finds Debris From Missing Medical Aircraft Off Nantucket” → “Search Suspended For 6 People On Missing Medical Flight From Bermuda To Boston”
- Just the News (2 wordings): “Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane off coast of Massachusetts” → “U.S. Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people that went missing”
- Military.com (2 wordings): “Coast Guard Search for Plane With 6 Aboard That Declared Emergency on Trip From Bermuda to Boston” → “Search Ongoing for Missing Medical Flight From Bermuda to Boston as Crews Plan to Scour Ocean Floor”
- NBC News (6 wordings): “Coast Guard searching off Nantucket for missing Boston-bound jet” → “6 presumed dead after medical jet crashes off Nantucket”
- New York Post (2 wordings): “Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket” → “Coast Guard suspends search for Boston-bound plane that vanished off coast of Nantucket”
- New York Times (2 wordings): “What to Know About the Medical Plane That Went Missing Near Nantucket” → “Search for Missing Medical Plane Near Nantucket Called Off. What to Know.”
- News Nation (5 wordings): “Coast Guard searching for 6 people after losing contact with air ambulance” → “Coast Guard halts search for survivors after debris found from missing medical plane”
- Newsmax (4 wordings): “Crews Find 'Debris Field' From Missing Boston Medical Flight” → “Search Suspended for 6 Aboard Missing Air Ambulance”
- One America News Network (3 wordings): “U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing medical plane carrying 6 off Mass. coast” → “USCG suspends search for missing medical aircraft carrying 6 people”
- Reuters (7 wordings): “US Coast Guard searching for missing jet carrying 6 people bound for Boston” → “US Coast Guard suspends search for people on crashed medical aircraft - reuters.com”
- Scripps News (3 wordings): “U.S. News Coast Guard searching for plane that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston AP via Scripps News Group” → “U.S. News Coast Guard suspends search for transport jet that left Bermuda with 6 aboard Eduardo Cuevas, David Williams, Sharif Paget, Maria Aguilar Prieto”
- Straight Arrow News (2 wordings): “Air ambulance jet missing off Nantucket after abruptly dropping altitude” → “Coast Guard searches debris field off Nantucket for 6 aboard air ambulance”
- The Daily Beast (2 wordings): “Debris Found From Missing Medical Plane Off Nantucket” → “Coast Guard Makes Grim Announcement After Medical Plane Vanishes”
- The Epoch Times (4 wordings): “Coast Guard Searches for Missing Air Ambulance With 6 on Board Near Nantucket” → “US Coast Guard Gives Update on Search for 6 Missing People After Aircraft Debris Found Off Nantucket”
- The Guardian (4 wordings): “US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts” → “Six presumed dead as Coast Guard suspends search for missing medical plane near Nantucket”
- The Independent (5 wordings): “Medical plane traveling from Bermuda to Boston vanishes in Atlantic Ocean” → “Six presumed dead after medical plane vanishes off Massachusetts coast”
- Yahoo News (3 wordings): “Coast Guard searches for missing jet that lost contact with flight controllers” → “Coast Guard suspends search for 6 people after debris from jet found off Nantucket”
Every outlet's first headline (37), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
U.S. Coast Guard Finds Debris From Missing Medical Aircraft Off Nantucket Oct 4, 12 AM ET
The Daily Beast
Debris Found From Missing Medical Plane Off Nantucket Oct 4, 11 AM ET
The Guardian
US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts Oct 3, 2 PM ET
ABC News
Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says Oct 3, 10 AM ET- AP Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on a trip from Bermuda to Boston Oct 3, 4 PM ET
CBS News
Debris found of medical plane that went missing near Nantucket with 6 on board Oct 3, 10 PM ET
Google News
US Coast Guard searching for air ambulance, carrying 6 en route to Boston, off Nantucket - The Boston Globe Oct 3, 11 AM ET
Los Angeles Times
Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston Oct 4, 3 PM ET
Military.com
Coast Guard Search for Plane With 6 Aboard That Declared Emergency on Trip From Bermuda to Boston Oct 3, 11 PM ET
NBC News
Coast Guard searching off Nantucket for missing Boston-bound jet Oct 3, 8 AM ET
NPR
Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people Oct 4, 12 AM ET
New York Times
What to Know About the Medical Plane That Went Missing Near Nantucket Oct 4, 6 PM ET
The Independent
Medical plane traveling from Bermuda to Boston vanishes in Atlantic Ocean Oct 3, 12 PM ET
Yahoo News
Coast Guard searches for missing jet that lost contact with flight controllers Oct 3, 11 AM ET
BBC
Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast Oct 3, 1 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor Oct 4, 1 PM ET
News Nation
Coast Guard searching for 6 people after losing contact with air ambulance Oct 3, 10 AM ET
Newsweek
Map Shows Where Boston-Bound Plane Vanished With 6 Onboard Oct 3, 3 PM ET
Reuters
US Coast Guard searching for missing jet carrying 6 people bound for Boston Oct 3, 12 PM ET
Scripps News
U.S. News Coast Guard searching for plane that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston AP via Scripps News Group Oct 3, 10 PM ET
Straight Arrow News
Air ambulance jet missing off Nantucket after abruptly dropping altitude Oct 4, 12 PM ET
The Hill
Search suspended for 6 aboard medical flight that went missing near Nantucket: Coast Guard Oct 5, 7 AM ET
Just the News
Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane off coast of Massachusetts Oct 3, 5 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Air Ambulance With 6 on Board Near Nantucket Oct 3, 10 PM ET
The Sun
PLANE TRAGEDY Wreckage of missing plane that vanished after departing Bermuda found Oct 4, 4 AM ET
The Washington Times
Coast Guard identifies passengers, crew of air ambulance that crashed near Nantucket Oct 6, 11 AM ET
Washington Examiner
Crews find ‘debris field’ from six-person medical flight missing over Atlantic en route to Boston Oct 4, 10 AM ET
Breitbart
Coast Guard Launches Search for Missing Jet Plane Off Coast of Nantucket Oct 3, 2 PM ET
Fox News
6 people aboard missing Boston-bound jet identified after Coast Guard suspends search Oct 6, 6 PM ET
IJR
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Medical-Transfer Plane Oct 3, 11 AM ET
New York Post
Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket Oct 3, 10 PM ET
Newsmax
Crews Find 'Debris Field' From Missing Boston Medical Flight Oct 4, 6 AM ET- OAN U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing medical plane carrying 6 off Mass. coast Oct 3, 11 AM ET
Red State
Breaking: Medical Transport Plane Carrying 6 From Bermuda to Boston Loses Contact Off MA Coast Oct 3, 6 PM ET
The Daily Wire
Six Missing After Medical Jet Vanishes Off Massachusetts Coast Oct 3, 10 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Wreckage Discovered From Six-Person Medical Plane That Vanished Off Massachusetts Coast Oct 4, 2 PM ET
The Western Journal
Coast Guard Issues Sad Announcement on Search for Downed Medical Plane Near Nantucket Oct 5, 11 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- SEARCH SUSPENDED FOR MISSING MEDICAL TRANSPORT JET CNN, 47 s
- SIX PRESUMED DEAD AFTER MEDICAL JET CRASHES OFF MA Fox News, 26 s
- SECONDS FROM DISASTER Fox News, 23 s
- COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING PLANE Fox News, 22 s
- NEWS 1 AIR AMBULANCE PLANE GOES DOWN NEAR NANTUCKET Fox News, 16 s
- TRAVEL ALERT. BOS 405 Fox News, 7 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 5, 2:10 AM ET: story 7 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 11:10 PM ET: story 5 of 7
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 4:32 PM ET: story 4 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 4:10 PM ET: story 3 of 6
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 3:32 PM ET: story 2 of 2
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 2:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 2:10 PM ET: story 3 of 5
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 1:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 12:32 PM ET: story 5 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 12:10 PM ET: the lead
- ABC News Update, Oct 4, 11:32 AM ET: story 3 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 11:10 AM ET: story 2 of 5
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- A medical plane carrying six people disappeared off the coast of Nantucket, and the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the missing aircraft and passengers. Oct 6: told by 8 people; told before on Oct 5, Oct 4
- A Canadian air ambulance carrying six people has gone missing over the Atlantic, and debris has been found off the coast of Nantucket in the ongoing search for the missing individuals. Oct 4: told by 15 people
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: United States Coast Guard Bermuda Boston Nantucket
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.