Coast Guard finds debris from air ambulance near Nantucket
A Canadian-registered air ambulance carrying four crew members and two passengers lost contact while flying from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said. Debris was later found near Nantucket, and searches continued overnight as authorities worked to locate everyone on board.
The US Coast Guard found debris from a medical transport aircraft off Nantucket, Massachusetts, after it lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. Six people were aboard the Canadian-registered air ambulance: four crew members and two passengers. Four of those on board were Canadian, while the other two were Bermudian nationals, according to the supplied material.
The aircraft, operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, left Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport shortly after midnight on Saturday. The FAA issued a search-and-rescue alert at about 1.20am local time.
Flight-tracking data showed the plane cruising at about 24,000 feet before descending roughly 13,000 feet in two minutes. Controllers then lost contact with the aircraft. Audio released by Boston 25 included an air traffic controller asking the pilot whether the plane was “coming in blind” and whether an emergency was being declared.
No response was heard in the cited recording. The Coast Guard coordinated with the FAA and a rescue centre to search near Nantucket. Authorities continued operations through the night and remained in contact with the families of those aboard.
The material does not give the cause of the incident or report whether any of the six people had been found.
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