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Daily Sitka Sentinel And The Arrowhead Press
Sitka, Alaska
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Search underway in Caribbean for missing U.S. Navy hurricane hunter plane with 11 aboard, amid Hurricane Janet approaching Swan Island, British Honduras, and Yucatan Peninsula with 110 mph winds and flood warnings.
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MIAMI (AP) The Caribbean's waters, whipped to a white frenzy by hurricane Janet, were being searched by plane and ship today for a hurricane hunter aircraft missing on a storm mission with 11 men on board.
Janet, stepping up her forward pace to about 20 miles an hour and bearing down on Swan Island, a little U. S. owned group off the Honduran coast, was moving out of the area of search but the seas remained rough. Janet shifted her course during the night to increase her threat to British Honduras and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Hurricane force winds raked Swan Island in midmorning.
Morning. An 11 a. m. advisory said Janet's center was near latitude 17.1 north, longitude 83.2 west. Highest winds remained at 110 miles an hour near the center.
Residents of the coastal area between Belize, capital of British Honduras, and Quintana Roo province of Mexico, at the southeastern edge of Yucatan, were warned of dangerous gales of hurricane force winds with abnormally high tides beginning today. The center probably will pass inland by midnight.
The area as far north as northern Honduras was told flash floods are likely from heavy rains.
Eight airplanes and a fleet of surface craft fanned out over the Caribbean south of Jamaica to search for the missing navy hurricane hunter plane, stationed at Jacksonville, Fla. but operating out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on this storm flight.
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missing navy hurricane hunter plane with 11 men aboard; hurricane janet with 110 mph winds approaching swan island, british honduras, and yucatan peninsula, warnings for gales, high tides, and flash floods.
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Search by plane and ship in Caribbean waters for missing U.S. Navy hurricane hunter aircraft on storm mission. Hurricane Janet moving at 20 mph toward Swan Island off Honduran coast, shifting course to threaten British Honduras and Yucatan Peninsula. Winds raking Swan Island; center at 17.1N, 83.2W. Warnings issued for coastal areas from Belize to Quintana Roo, with possible inland passage by midnight. Flash flood risks in northern Honduras. Eight planes and surface craft searching south of Jamaica; plane based in Jacksonville, Fla., operating from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.