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Coast Guard is searching for a missing plane and pilot off South Florida coast

A small single-propeller has gone missing off the Boca Raton’s coast with its pilot aboard. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the plane and its passenger.
A small single-propeller has gone missing off the Boca Raton’s coast with its pilot aboard. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the plane and its passenger. U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard is on the lookout for a plane with a person aboard that disappeared off the coast of Boca Raton.

On Saturday, the Coast Guard said it was searching for a missing 1991 Lancair 320, a small single-propeller plane. The day before, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert to the Coast Guard to search for the plane.

Only the pilot was aboard the aircraft when it went missing about 17 miles southeast of Boca Raton, the Coast Guard said.

This developing story will be updated when more information is available.

This story was originally published February 27, 2021 at 3:57 PM.

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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