Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
37%
7 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
70/100
Washington Examiner'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
Searchers found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, from an air ambulance that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Guard → find → Boston
Four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals were aboard, and their next of kin were notified as the search continued, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
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Guard → notify → statement
It added that one of its cutters would keep searching the water overnight and into Sunday.
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one → add → Sunday
According to the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration reported that the Gulfstream G100 lost contact very early Saturday morning.
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G100 → accord → contact
Air traffic audio indicates that it may have been “coming in blind” when a storm loomed ahead shortly before it vanished.
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it → indicate → ?
The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast, according to air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net.
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jet → report → LiveATC.net
“Roger, you said you’re coming in blind.
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you → say → ?
Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot.
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controller → say → pilot
That makes Mary Schiavo, who is a former Inspector General of the Transportation Department, think the plane may have lost its navigational instruments just as a storm moved across its path on radar.
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storm → make → radar
The plane also descended sharply from its cruising altitude of around 24,000 feet to around 10,000 feet, according to preliminary data from flight tracking site FlightRadar24.
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plane → descend → FlightRadar24
“Something bad happened with this big drop, and they flew into this big storm.
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they → happen → storm
It’s a terrible place to have a loss of your instruments and be flying blind,” said Schiavo, who is an aviation attorney.
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who → ’ → instruments
“It’s very easy to get disoriented and not know if you’re turning, climbing, descending, etc.”
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you → ’ → ?
That makes Mary Schiavo, who is a former Inspector General of the Transportation Department, think the plane may have lost its navigational instruments just as a storm moved across its path on radar.
uncertain
storm → make → radar
The plane also descended sharply from its cruising altitude of around 24,000 feet to around 10,000 feet, according to preliminary data from flight tracking site FlightRadar24.
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plane → descend → FlightRadar24
“Something bad happened with this big drop, and they flew into this big storm.
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they → happen → storm
It’s a terrible place to have a loss of your instruments and be flying blind,” said Schiavo, who is an aviation attorney.
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who → ’ → instruments
“It’s very easy to get disoriented and not know if you’re turning, climbing, descending, etc.”
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you → ’ → ?
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was gathering information about the situation, but it did not say immediately if it would investigate.
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it → say → situation