Crashed.
"This radar image released by FlightAware.com shows the Cessna 421's flight path, including the erratic circles it made over the Gulf of Mexico. (AFP / Getty Images / April 19, 2012)"
By Rene Lynch
April 19, 2012, 12:14 p.m.
U.S. Coast Guard and Navy forces have been dispatched to the scene of a plane crash off the coast of Florida. So far there is no word about the fate of the pilot believed to have become incapacitated at the controls. The small aircraft circled aimlessly in the skies for hours over the Gulf of Mexico as anxious air traffic controllers watched helplessly.
Air traffic controllers apparently tried for hours to make contact with the pilot, but all attempts failed, pointing to the likelihood that the pilot had perhaps fallen unconscious at the controls, or perhaps suffered a heart attack.
FlightAware.com released the above image of the path of the plane, including the erratic and repetitive circular patterns it made over the Gulf of Mexico...
Plane crashes off Florida coast; fate of pilot unknown - latimes.com