Small plane goes missing during in the Gulf of Mexico

• The single-engine plane took off from Oklahoma City and failed to land in Texas
• The aircraft – a five-seater Cirrus SR22 – has gone missing over the Gulf of Mexico
• Pilot and aviation enthusiast Ethan Narber said fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the plane

By Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.com

Published: 04:13 GMT, 4 January 2018 | Updated: 04:29 GMT, 4 January 2018

A single-engine plane bound for Texas has gone missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

The plane took off from Oklahoma City on Wednesday headed for Georgetown Municipal Airport, but it diverted and went south, according to Kens5. 

The aircraft is reportedly a five-seater Cirrus SR22.

The plane took off from Oklahoma City on Wednesday headed for Georgetown Municipal Airport, but it diverted and went south

The FAA says the pilot was unresponsive to traffic control.

Ethan Narber, a pilot and aviation enthusiast, said on Twitter that fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the plane and noted the pilot was upright in his seat but not responding.

‘Definitely a medical incident. So sad,’ he added.

The which has gone missing in the Gulf of Mexico aircraft is reportedly a five-seater Cirrus SR22

It comes one day after President Donald Trump took credit for 2017 being the safest year in commercial aviation. 

‘Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation,’ Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. ‘Good news – it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!’ 

Trump was referring to a study by the Dutch aviation group To70, which reported that there were zero deaths in passenger travel for 2017.  

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