Rescuers end search for missing plane off Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — After scouring an expanse of white-capped waters off Jamaica for three days, rescuers have called off a search for a small plane that crashed after a ghostly journey down the U.S. East Coast and the northern Caribbean, but a U.S. agency said Monday it is ready to lead a probe of the accident if wreckage can be found.

The head of Jamaica’s civil aviation authority, Leroy Lindsay, said his agency is talking with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and French authorities on “where, how and when to start the investigation into what caused” the crash of the U.S.-registered, French-made plane.