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Debris found near Nantucket believed to be from missing medical plane

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The US Coast Guard says a field of debris found near Nantucket is believed to be from an emergency medical plane.

What the coverage shows

All four outlets converge on debris being found off Nantucket and link it to a missing medical aircraft, with BBC News and Al Jazeera framing it more cautiously as believed to be from the plane. NBC News and the Associated Press both foreground the search effort, and only NBC News mentions six people onboard in its lead. The AP alone specifies the flight as an air ambulance from Bermuda to Boston, while BBC News alone highlights the plane’s loss of communication after a significant drop in altitude.

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