US Coast Guard found some of the wreckage shortly after the plane crash
Two people are dead and two others missing, presumed dead,
after an air ambulance crashed off the coast of Florida.
The Learjet took off from a private terminal in Fort Lauderdale en route to
Mexico on Tuesday, plunging into the water only a mile (1.6 km) offshore.
Two pilots, a doctor and a nurse were on board, airport spokesman Greg Meyer
said.
They were returning to Cozumel after dropping off a patient in Florida.
Local broadcaster WSVN reported that one of the pilots had issued a distress
call shortly after take-off, saying there had been an engine failure. The plane
attempted to return to the airport.
Coast Guard officials recovered two bodies shortly after beginning their
search on Tuesday evening.
US Coast Guard Lt Paul Turner said on Wednesday morning that the search would
continue for the rest of the day.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
Culled from bbc.co.uk
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