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Press Release

Date: July 2, 2008  

Contact: Petty Officer Matthew Schofield
(216) 902-6020 office
(216) 310-2608 cell

 

 

 COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE PLANE IN LAKE ONTARIO

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Coast Guard suspended a search for a possible plane suspected of going in Lake Ontario at approximately 9:30 a. m. approximately 30 miles North of Sodus Point, N.Y., today.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Canada searched with multiple assets completing a 1,836 square nautical mile search and was not able to find any evidence of a plane in the water.

The search will remain suspended pending new information. 

Click here for the original Press Release: www.piersystem.com/go/doc/443/214513/

For further information please contact Petty Officer Matthew Schofield, a spokesman for the Ninth Coast Guard District at (216) 310-2608.

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