found this on http://www.drudgereport.com Still No Sign Of Missing Crop Spraying Plane Thu Oct 04 2001 13:22:54 ET Coast Guard aircraft searched for a third day Wednesday for a missing State Department plane used to spray crops during the drug war in Colombia. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Robert Swanson said no signs of the plane had been found as of late Wednesday. The single-engine plane, which carried only the pilot, took off early Monday from Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom located southeast of the Bahamas. It was en route to Patrick Air Force Base, on Florida's East Coast south of Cape Canaveral. Swanson said two Coast Guard aircraft and a cutter were searching for the Ayres S2RHG-T65 Wednesday afternoon. He said a U.S. Air Force plane was expected to join them Wednesday evening. The search has expanded from an area 120 miles southeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama, to the entire outer Bahamas, Swanson said. State Department officials said the plane is being used in the anti-drug effort in Colombia and there is no reason to believe any criminal intent was involved in the disappearance.
