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Debris from missing Ontario-based air ambulance located: U.S. Coast Guard
- On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed debris found off Nantucket belongs to a missing Latitude Air Ambulance jet carrying six people; search operations were suspended following the discovery.
- Departing Bermuda at 12:41 a.m. Saturday, the flight lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration after the pilot reported electrical problems as storms loomed ahead, according to air traffic control audio.
- Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Admiral Matthew Lake reported teams deployed sonar-equipped craft, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters to search over 2,800 square miles of ocean.
- Following 66 hours of continuous searching, the Coast Guard suspended operations Sunday, expressing condolences to families of the four Canadians and two Bermudians aboard.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is gathering information to investigate the crash, while Latitude officials confirmed next of kin have been notified of the incident.
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Finally tragic in the case of the medical plane missing during a flight from the Bermuda Islands to Boston. All six persons on board are considered deceased, and the United States Coast Guard announced that they are no longer looking for survivors. On board the aircraft were four members of the medical team, one patient and the person accompanying him. Remains of the plane were found wide after disappearance.
"Setting a search is never an easy decision," says Matthew Lake. Contact with the small plane broke off on Saturday night. After 66 hours, the search was canceled.
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The Coast Guard and other agencies ran more than 7,000 kilometres to find the aircraft.
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