Ontario air ambulance jet carrying six missing off U.S. coast
The Canadian-registered jet was carrying six people, and flight data showed a rapid descent before contact was lost, officials said.
- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, for a plane carrying six people that lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
- The aircraft, a Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100 air ambulance jet, departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda overnight.
- Four crew members and two passengers were aboard the aircraft, according to Bermuda’s airport operator, Skyport.
- The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard after contact with the aircraft was lost early Saturday morning, with the search focused on waters near Nantucket.
- Coast Guard crews are conducting searches by air and water, while the National Transportation Safety Board said it is gathering information about the incident.
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A small aircraft with six people on board reports an emergency on the flight from Bermuda to Boston – then the contact stops. Hours later, a lot remains open.
A medical transport plane with six people on board has disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The Gulfstream G100 was operated by the Canadian company Latitude Air Ambulance, and the US Coast Guard is continuing the search off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The US Federal Aviation Administration has notified the Coast Guard after losing contact with the plane. It took off at 00:41 local time. According to FlightAware, the plane fl…
The U.S. county guard reported that they had initiated a search operation.
Communication with the Gulfstream G-100 aircraft was lost around 2 a.m. when it left Bermuda for Boston.
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