Pilot of plane missing over Gulf of Mexico possibly hypoxic

Posted: Thursday, January 4, 2018 10:11 am | Updated: 10:18 am, Thu Jan 4, 2018.

DALLAS (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that failed to land at its Central Texas destination and was later tracked by fighter jets flying over the Gulf of Mexico appeared unresponsive and may have been suffering from a lack of oxygen, authorities said Thursday.

The pilot of the Cirrus SR-22 took off from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City Wednesday afternoon after filing a flight plan to land in Georgetown, Texas, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Austin.

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