Search for missing plane after distress signal

Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Tac Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

All right, we reached out to Alpha One Flight Services Training School.

00:03

According to them, there's only one pilot on the plane, but we don't know if anybody else was in the aircraft.

00:09

We tried contacting the (number withheld) of the pilot.

00:11

It goes straight to voicemail, so I don't know if the phone's dead.

00:14

And Station B is going to try to ping it.

00:19

Thank you, sir.

00:22

And we're working on civil air patrol contact number to see if they can have that device to go out.

00:29

Received. We have a civilian member from the civil air patrol out here with Ludlow PD right now.

00:36

He stated that he did get a distress signal, but we're getting conflicting information as to where that exact signal is coming from.

00:42

He did say the foliage may be blocking

00:46

the exact location.

00:51

Okay, received. So you're stating that civil air patrol is on scene with that device?

00:57

Yes, sir.

00:58

Can you forward the information from the pilot to me as well? My (number withheld).

9/5/2026 08:20 PM

Missing Person

Ludlow, MA

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic describes a possible aircraft distress situation near Ludlow, Massachusetts. A pilot’s phone goes to voicemail, and Civil Air Patrol on scene with local police reports receiving a distress signal with uncertain location, possibly affected by tree cover.