Largest at‑sea search for a private citizen involved 32 agencies after JFK Jr.'s 1999
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Kennedy Jr.'s missing plane was the largest at‑sea search for a private citizen in U.S. history, involving 32 agencies including the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and FAA.
The Piper Saratoga II crashed on July 16, 1999 at about 9:40 p.m., nose‑first about 11.67 km southwest of Martha’s Vineyard, after departing Essex County Airport more than two hours behind schedule and flying just over an hour; Navy divers later found JFK Jr.’s body about 10 feet from the wreckage and identified the bodies of Carolyn and Lauren inside the fuselage, which had its roof torn off.