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Search for Plane to Grenada suspended

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men who vanished in a small plane near the Bahamas last week.

On Thursday, the Coast Guard launched search ships and aircraft after receiving a report around 11:30 a.m. from an FAA controller that they had lost radar and radio contact with the Piper PA-27 about 10 miles northeast of Plana Cays. Onboard the plane were Travis Compton and Bancroft Nyack; they had had left from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport early Thursday morning en route to Grenada.

The Coast Guard covered more than 7,400 square miles while searching for the two men. After no sign of them or the plane, the search was suspended.

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