Coast Guard Suspends Search For Downed Plane Near Jamaica
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Coast Guard officials said the search for two possible survivors of a plane crash off the coast of Jamaica has been suspended.
The single-engine turboprop Socata TBM700 was carrying Rochester real estate developer Laurence Glazer and his entrepreneur wife, Jane — both experienced and enthusiastic pilots.
On Friday, U.S. fighter pilots were launched to shadow the unresponsive aircraft observed the pilot slumped over and its windows frosting over.
Officials said the plane slammed into the Atlantic at least 14 miles off Jamaica's northeast coastline.
The plane was on a course for Naples, Florida.
A debris field was unable to be located.
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