BOSTON -- A search was under way Thursday for a private plane that was
reported missing after it dropped off the radar screen at the
Nantucket Airport.

The tower reportedly lost contact with the craft shortly before it
landed at the airfield at 4:50 p.m. The aircraft is said to be a
Beechcraft twin-engine, six-passenger private jet out of New York.

The pilot was the only person aboard, officials said.

The Coast Guard is using a cutter, helicopters and a Falcon jet in the
search the waters around the island and land. Weather was misty at the
time, but the airport was still operating under visual flight rules.

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