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WCVB Boston (Hearst)News report · Oct 3, 12:19 PM
Coast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket
The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search Saturday for a missing Boston-bound plane off the coast of Nantucket.
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Coast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket
ABC News and The Sun (US) describe the same event in different terms.
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HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningCenter-leftMedical Plane Goes Missing on Flight From Bermuda to Boston
New York Times USMostly Factual
Right-leaningPlane carrying six people goes missing after taking off from Bermuda as US Coast Guard launches desperate search
The Sun (US)Mixed
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WCVB Boston (Hearst)HighCoast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket
As of October 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search Saturday for a missing Boston-bound plane off the coast of Nantucket.
The headline split The left frames it as "Medical Plane Goes Missing on Flight From Bermuda to Boston". The right frames it as "Plane carrying six people goes missing after taking off from Bermuda as US Coast Guard la...".
Match confidence High confidence. 10 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
10 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceStrong
78/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftMedical Plane Goes Missing on Flight From Bermuda to Boston
New York Times US · Center-left · News report
CenterCoast Guard searching for missing plane off Nantucket
WCVB Boston (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightBoston-bound plane vanishes with 6 on board; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast
Fox News · Center-right · News report
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New York Times USNews report · Oct 3, 1:30 PM
Medical Plane Goes Missing on Flight From Bermuda to Boston
The plane, a Gulfstream G100 with 6 people aboard, lost contact at around 2 a.m. A search was underway Saturday off the coast of Nantucket.
CenterMostly Factual
Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Oct 3, 1:27 PM
Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — A plane with six people aboard lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching early Saturday for the missing air...
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Philadelphia InquirerNews report · Oct 3, 1:24 PM
Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston
A plane with six people aboard lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, and the U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for the missing aircraft off the coast of Nantucket
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ABC NewsNews report · Oct 3, 1:09 PM
Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching for a missing medical transfer plane with six people on board that went missing early Saturday.
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WJW The Hill / Nexstar NewsNationNews report · Oct 3, 12:57 PM
Coast Guard searching for 6 people after losing contact with air ambulance
The Gulfstream plane was carrying six people when it lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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WISN12 Milwaukee (Hearst)News report · Oct 3, 12:04 PM
Milwaukee police searching for critically missing boys
Milwaukee police are searching for two critically missing boys.
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Fox NewsNews report · Oct 3, 11:59 AM
Boston-bound plane vanishes with 6 on board; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast
A Gulfstream G100 with six people on board vanished en route to Boston from Bermuda on Saturday as search crews deploy off Nantucket to conduct a search.
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NBC NewsNews report · Oct 3, 11:51 AM
Coast Guard searching off Nantucket for missing Boston-bound jet
The United States Coast Guard is searching for a Gulfstream jet carrying six people that lost contact with flight controllers Saturday morning on its way to Boston from the island of Bermud...
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The Sun (US)News report · Oct 3, 11:42 AM
Plane carrying six people goes missing after taking off from Bermuda as US Coast Guard launches desperate search
A PLANE carrying six people has vanished after taking off from Bermuda on Saturday morning. The US Coast Guard confirmed that it has launched a search for the craft and those onboard. It no...
Details78/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 10 sources
78/99 Wording GapHigh confidence10 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 10 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Oct 3, 11:42 AM: The Sun (US) joined the source map.
Oct 3, 11:51 AM: NBC News joined the source map.
Oct 3, 11:59 AM: Fox News joined the source map.
Oct 3, 12:04 PM: WISN12 Milwaukee (Hearst) joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 78/99 and story health is stable · 10 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.