Beech 1900 down in Nantucket Sound (no pax aboard)

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/08/26/commuter.plane/index.html

Commuter plane crashes off Massachusetts

Report: Aircraft carried only crew, no passengers

HYANNIS, Massachusetts (CNN) --A commuter airplane crashed Tuesday into
Nantucket Sound off southeastern Massachusetts, the Federal Aviation
Administration said.

A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, said the Coast
Guard was told by the air traffic control tower in Hyannis that the
plane had only its crew of two aboard, and no passengers.

The FAA said the aircraft was on a repositioning flight, moving the
plane from one airport to another.

The plane has been found in the water, but no one has been rescued and
no bodies have been recovered, the FAA said.

Debris was floating in the water at the crash scene, as many small
boats and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the area.

The incident occurred at 3:38 p.m. EDT, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac
said.

The Colgan Air flight had just left Barnstable Municipal Airport on
Cape Cod for Albany, New York, when an emergency was declared, she
said. Colgan Air operates as a US Airways Express carrier. It does not
operate passenger flights from Hyannis to Albany, according to its Web
site.

The plane attempted to return to Hyannis but crashed three miles south
of the airport into Nantucket Sound, she said.

The Beech 1900 twin turboprop could hold the two crew members and up to
19 passengers.

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