Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
3 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
51
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
An air ambulance has gone missing while carrying six people on a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
asserted
ambulance → go → Boston
The US Federal Aviation Administration told the coastguard early on Saturday that it had lost contact with the plane, a Gulfstream jet, a coastguard spokesperson told the Reuters news agency by email.
asserted
spokesperson → tell → email
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The coastguard said it dispatched air and surface crews to search for the plane near Nantucket, an island community south of mainland Massachusetts.
asserted
it → track → Massachusetts
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was gathering information about the situation on Saturday morning but had no further update to share.
asserted
it → say → update
The Canadian-registered air ambulance jet had four crew members and two passengers on board when it departed Bermuda’s LF Wade International airport overnight for the flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport’s operator, Skyport.
uncertain
it → register → operator
Canada’s Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon said in a social media post that four Canadians were on the plane.
asserted
Canadians → say → plane
“We are closely monitoring the situation and are working with the relevant authorities as search and rescue efforts continue,” MacKinnon wrote.
asserted
MacKinnon → monitor → authorities
The aircraft, registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, departed Bermuda at 12:41am local time (03:41 GMT), according to data from flight tracking website FlightAware.
uncertain
aircraft → register → FlightAware
The plane was flying at 24,000 feet (7,300 metres) for much of the flight before descending 13,000ft (3,960 metres) in about two minutes shortly before flight controllers lost contact, data showed.
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data → fly → contact
Last communication
Air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net offered a glimpse of the flight’s final communications before it went missing.
asserted
it → post → communications
“Roger, you said you’re coming in blind.
asserted
you → say → ?
Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot.
asserted
controller → say → pilot
The pilot’s transmission could not be heard in the recording.
uncertain
transmission → hear → recording
The controller later confirmed the pilot was declaring an emergency just before losing contact with the plane.
asserted
pilot → confirm → plane
The Bermuda government is in contact with US authorities and families of the passengers, Bermuda Premier David Burt wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.
asserted
Burt → write → Instagram
“We are praying that all six people will be found safe,” he wrote.
asserted
he → pray → ?
Latitude Air Ambulance is based in Ontario, Canada, and provides medical evacuation services.
asserted
Ambulance → base → services
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
asserted
company → respond → comment
The Aporia
