Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News'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
Authorities on Sunday declined to speculate on what caused a medical evacuation jet to crash off the coast of Nantucket on Saturday morning, as crews continue to search for the six missing passengers.
asserted
crews → decline → passengers
Rear Adm. Matt Lake, commander of the Coast Guard’s Northeast District, said at a news conference Sunday that Coast Guard crews, Massachusetts authorities and the New York National Guard’s air rescue wing have searched roughly 2,840 square miles over more than 53 hours.
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crews → say → hours
Our crews are employing fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters to search the area,” Lake said.
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Lake → employ → area
He added that authorities hope to use sonar to search the seabed.
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authorities → add → seabed
He declined to say whether the mission had shifted from rescue to recovery, which would mean no survivors are expected.
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survivors → decline → recovery
He also declined to provide the passengers’ names or ages “out of respect to the families and next of kin.”
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He → decline → kin
The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search Saturday morning and found a debris field approximately 20 miles off the coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket island later that day.
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Guard → launch → island
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the jet early Saturday as it flew from Bermuda to Boston.
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it → lose → Boston
One controller asked the crew whether it was declaring an emergency and “coming in blind,” according to audio obtained by NBC News.
uncertain
it → ask → News
A source familiar with the matter told NBC News the Bermudians were a patient and the patient’s son.
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Bermudians → tell → News
The Bermudian government said Saturday that it was in contact with the families of those on board.
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it → say → board
The Coast Guard said it had notified next of kin.
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it → say → kin
The flight was scheduled to last less than two hours, according to data from FlightAware, a site that tracks flights in real time.
uncertain
that → schedule → time
The jet took off from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda at about 12:40 a.m. and was due to land at Boston Logan International Airport just before 1:30 a.m. Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic, about 775 miles from Boston.
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Bermuda → take → Boston
At around 1:05 a.m., FlightAware shows the jet dropping from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
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jet → show → Ocean
The plane was operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, an Ontario, Canada-based medical evacuation company that arranges private flights for sick or injured patients.
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that → operate → patients
According to the company’s website, a typical flight is staffed by two pilots and two medical crew members and carries a patient and an escort.
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flight → accord → patient
The Gulfstream jet that crashed Saturday was equipped to carry full ICU medical equipment and supplies.
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that → crash → equipment
Lake said Sunday that investigators would likely try to locate the plane’s flight recorder system, or “black box,” which is designed to preserve evidence after a crash.
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which → say → crash
“There’s no indications that we found a black box.
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we → ’ → box
But again, it’s very difficult because that debris is extensive,” Lake said.
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Lake → ’ → ?
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