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| News Release |
Date: March 24, 2008
Contact: PA1 Tasha Tully |
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Coast Guard Responds to Plane Crash Near Venice VENICE, Fla. - Coast Guard and Sarasota County Sheriff's Office rescue crews have been searching for a downed, fixed-wing aircraft in the vicinity of Venice, Fla., since about 9:30 p.m. Monday. The Coast Guard received a call from 911 at 9 p.m., Monday, stating that they'd received a report that an airplane had crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about 750-yards off the Venice Pier. It is reported that one person, the pilot, was aboard the aircraft. A Coast Guard 41-foot rescue boat crew from Station Cortez, Fla., an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office helicopter crew all immediately launched to search for survivors. On-scene conditions are reported to include six- to eight-foot seas and 20-knot winds. The plane is reported to be a 1977 four-seated, fixed-wing, single-engine Piper PA-28-161, and was reported to have been coming in for landing at the Venice Municipal Airport. Please check http://www.d7publicaffairs.com/ for updates. ###
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