>FREEPORT, Texas (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching off the Southeast Texas coast after a small plane that left from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City was reported missing on a flight to Central Texas.
>Authorities say the Cirrus SR-22 aircraft, capable of carrying five people, was detected on radar Wednesday flying south over the Gulf of Mexico. Air traffic controllers have been unable to get a radio response from the plane's pilot.
>The plane is registered to Edmond, Oklahoma-based Abide Aviation.
>The plane last showed up radar about 220 miles NW of Cancun, Mexico. Officials say it’s possible the pilot had some sort of medical problem.
>According to multiple reports in Oklahoma, the pilot was headed to Georgetown, Texas, about 25 miles north of Austin, as part of an animal-rescue charity.