Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
5 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Outlets on this story
51
World
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A desperate search is continuing for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
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that → log → Boston
Authorities in Massachusetts now say they plan to comb the seabed floor.
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they → say → floor
The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the Coast Guard at 2 am on Saturday that it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G100 carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals over the Atlantic Ocean.
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it → contact → Ocean
Searchers later Saturday found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Adm. Matt Lake said at a news conference Sunday.
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Lake → find → conference
Coast Guard crews along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities have since searched an area encompassing 2,840 square miles (7,356 square kilometers) using fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters.
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crews → search → aircraft
“This is a large and demanding search area,” Lake said.
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Lake → say → ?
The Coast Guard was in the process of deploying sonar to search the seabed floor, he said.
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he → deploy → floor
The Coast Guard has been updating the next of kin of those aboard the Canadian-registered air ambulance jet with the progress of the search, Lake said.
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Lake → update → search
Weather has not been a factor in the search efforts, said Coast Guard Capt. John McTamney, chief of response for the northeast district.
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McTamney → say → district
“We’ll continue to search and saturate the area until we’re at the point where we are confident that if there were any survivors remaining on the surface of the water, we would have found them,” McTamney said.
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McTamney → continue → them
The plane had four crew members and two passengers aboard when it departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport for the nighttime flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport’s operator, Skyport.
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it → have → operator
Air traffic audio indicates that the plane 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 → ’ → ?
Transport Canada was closely monitoring and working with authorities on search and rescue efforts, the country’s Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon said on the social platform X.
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MacKinnon → monitor → platform
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