SC - Crews searching for missing plane off Charleston coast, 25 Oct 2018

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Crews searching for missing plane off Charleston coast

Emergency crews are searching for a missing plane about 100 miles south-southeast of Charleston.

FAA officials say the Piper PA-31 aircraft has been missing since about 11:45 am today.

Authorities say the aircraft departed from Robert F. Swinnie Airport in Andrews, SC, and was headed to the Bahamas.

Authorities searching for missing plane off South Carolina coast

Emergency crews searching for missing plane off the Charleston shores

 

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Search underway for plane missing off SC coast, FAA says

The FAA said “search and rescue officials” from the Coast Guard and U.S. Navy are looking for the plane “about 100 miles south-southeast of Charleston,” WCIV reported.

The aircraft, a Piper PA-31, has been missing since it took off at Robert F. Swinnie Airport in Andrews at 11:45 a.m., according to WCSC. The airport is located in Georgetown County, about an hour away from Myrtle Beach.

The plane’s final destination was the Bahamas, per WCBD.

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The FAA on Twitter

FAA Statement: Officials are searching for a missing #Piper PA-31 #aircraft about 100 miles southeast of #Charleston, SC. Check with @USCGSoutheast for more information.

 

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Huge search for missing aircraft off the coast of America amid crash fears

Coastguard ships and a Jayhawk helicopter have been deployed, as well as a naval P-3 Orion plane in the search.

 

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BREAKING: Plane VANISHES from radar off coast of South Carolina en route to Bahamas

The aircraft reported an “in-flight emergency”, lost contact on radar and notified the Air Force Rescue Coordination Centre, according to reports.

Several military aircraft and ships are assisting with the search.

 

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Coast Guard searching for missing civilian plane with multiple passengers

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search Friday for a downed civilian aircraft which left South Carolina bound for the Bahamas on Thursday.

The search was ongoing as of around 5:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Petty Officer 3rd class Ryan Dickinson told USA TODAY. The Coast Guard believes five people were aboard the plane, per information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration.

 

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More search crews deployed to look for downed civilian plane off coast of Charleston

The United State Coast Guard is still searching for a downed aircraft approximately 110 miles off the coast east of Charleston.

The department states crews searched throughout the night Friday and remain on scene. The plane was first reported missing Thursday morning.

 

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Coast Guard suspends search for missing plane off coast of Charleston

The Coast Guard suspended their search Saturday evening for a downed plane approximately 110 miles east of Charleston.

Coast crews searched about 3,516 square miles for 76 hours.

"It is with a heavy heart that we suspend our search for the missing aircraft and its five passengers," Capt. John Reed, Commander, Sector Charleston, said.

"I have spoken with the family of those that were on this plane and extend my deepest sympathies to them and all those who have been hit by this tragic loss at sea."

 

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Prayers for the souls of those five.

 

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NTSB: Five people died in plane that went missing off Charleston coast in October

Five people died in a private plane that went missing off Charleston’s coast last month.

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board released a report in the Piper PA-31 aircraft that went missing 100 miles east of Charleston’s coast.

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The NTSB report released on Wednesday details the incident on the morning of Oct. 25 when radar contact was lost with Piper PA-31T, N555PM.

According to the report, it all started when the plane was about 95 miles southeast of Charleston and the pilot made a garbled radio transmission indicating that he was diverting to Charleston.

As the plane was making its way to Charleston, and after several air traffic control requests were made to repeat the radio transmission, the pilot replied,"We’re descending."

The report states 15 seconds later the plane turned sharply to the left and the descent rate of the plane increased.

The pilot’s last transmission was “emergency emergency, five five five papa mike.”


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