Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian'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
Six people are presumed dead after the US Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for survivors of a medical transport plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts early the previous day.
asserted
Guard → presume → Massachusetts
The aircraft, which was flying from Bermuda to Boston, lost contact with ground authorities at about 2am on Saturday, and the Coast Guard located a debris field near the island of Nantucket later that day.
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Guard → fly → Nantucket
“Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” Coast Guard Rear Adm Matthew Lake, commander of the agency’s north-east district, said in a statement.
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Lake → suspend → statement
“We express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones affected by the tragedy and our gratitude for our partner agencies who helped support search efforts.”
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who → express → efforts
The aircraft – a Gulfstream G100 operated by Canadian company Latitude Air Ambulance – took off from Bermuda at 12.41am on Saturday, carrying a patient, a family member and a four-person crew.
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aircraft → operate → patient
The patient and family member were identified as citizens of Bermuda.
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patient → identify → Bermuda
The crew was identified as Canadian citizens.
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crew → identify → citizens
In its own statement, Latitude acknowledged the Coast Guard’s decision to suspend the search for those who were aboard what the company described as Heartbeat 104.
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company → acknowledge → Heartbeat
“Given the information shared by authorities and the conclusion of the search and rescue phase, we must now face the heartbreaking reality that the four members of our Latitude team, our patient and the patient’s family escort, who were aboard Heartbeat 104, are presumed to have died,” the company’s statement said.
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statement → give → Heartbeat
Air traffic controllers had difficulty communicating with the flight in its final moments.
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controllers → have → moments
“You’re coming in blind?
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You → come → ?
Is that what you said?” a controller asked the pilot at about 12.46am.
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controller → say → 12.46am
“Are you declaring an emergency, or no?”
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you → declare → emergency
According to a recording captured by LiveATC.net, the pilot’s response was not audible.
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response → accord → LiveATC.net
The plane reported electrical failures as it neared Nantucket, according to radio transmissions.
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it → report → transmissions
Data from the website FlightAware shows the plane descended thousands of feet within three minutes and disappeared from radar shortly after about 1am local time.
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plane → show → am
Latitude said it will “cooperate fully” with US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and other authorities on recovery efforts and an investigation into why the plane crashed.
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plane → say → efforts
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