Debris found as search continues for missing medical plane
US authorities found debris from a medical aircraft that disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston, according to the supplied material. Six people were on board. The aircraft lost contact near Nantucket after descending sharply, and air and sea crews began a search off the Massachusetts coast.
US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane travelling from Bermuda to Boston disappeared off the Massachusetts coast. The US Coast Guard said debris had been found near Nantucket, an island off Massachusetts. An air and water search was under way in the area.
The aircraft, a Gulfstream G-100 operated by Latitude Air Ambulances, departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport at 23.40 local time. It was scheduled to reach Boston’s Logan International Airport at about 1.30am.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it lost contact with the plane and issued a search-and-rescue notice shortly after 1am. Flight-tracking data showed the aircraft descending from about 7,300 metres to 3,300 metres before communications ended. Two pilots and two medical staff were on board, along with a patient and the patient’s relative.
The pilots and medical staff were Canadian, while the patient and relative were not Canadian, according to the supplied material. Radio transmissions suggested problems with communications. An air traffic controller asked whether the crew was “coming in blind” and whether it was declaring an emergency.
An emergency was later reported, with an electrical issue mentioned by a fire dispatcher. The Coast Guard, FAA and rescue authorities continued the search. The supplied material does not report the condition or whereabouts of anyone on board.
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