ORLEANS, Mass. — The Coast Guard and other authorities were searching off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday for a small plane that failed to arrive in Massachusetts as scheduled Sunday night.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-28 that departed from Reading, Pennsylvania was reported missing at around 10 p.m. It was headed to Chatham Municipal Airport in Massachusetts.
The Coast Guard in a tweet said one person was on board.
The search taking place off Nauset Beach in Orleans involved a Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter, three Coast Guard vessels, as well as area harbormasters and other assets.
#Update @USCG assets continue to search off of #NausetBeach this morning.
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) November 1, 2021
Assets Include:
-an HC-144 Ocean Sentry from Air Station Cape Cod
-CGC SPENCER and CGC SANIBEL
-STA Chatham’s 45-foot RB-M
-Harbormasters from #Harwich, #Chatham, and Orleans #SAR
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