Coast Guard searches for missing plane from Pa. off Cape Cod coast

ORLEANS, Mass. — The Coast Guard and other authorities were searching off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday for a small plane that failed to arrive in Massachusetts as scheduled Sunday night.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-28 that departed from Reading, Pennsylvania was reported missing at around 10 p.m. It was headed to Chatham Municipal Airport in Massachusetts.

The Coast Guard in a tweet said one person was on board.

The search taking place off Nauset Beach in Orleans involved a Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter, three Coast Guard vessels, as well as area harbormasters and other assets.

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