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Medical plane missing off Massachusetts coast

A small medical transport plane carrying six people disappeared off the Massachusetts coast, prompting a search and rescue operation. Searchers have since located debris believed to be from the aircraft in the waters where it vanished. Authorities now say all six passengers are presumed dead, though the circumstances of the disappearance remain under investigation. The Coast Guard has since suspended its search for the missing medevac plane off Nantucket, and the six people aboard the Boston-bound jet have now been identified.

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