Air Ambulance Vanishes Over Atlantic With 6 Aboard
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A medical jet traveling from Bermuda to Boston vanished early Saturday morning (Oct. 3) near Nantucket.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Gulfstream G-100 lost contact with the FAA around 1 a.m. local time. The loss of communication prompted a Search and Rescue Alert Notice to be issued.
A search began for the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket. The Coast Guard reported that extensive assets were being used in the search, including an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane, an HC-130 Hercules airplane, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat, and the FRC William Sparling, a Sentinel-class fast response cutter.
About The Missing Aircraft
The air ambulance took off from Bermuda around 11:40 p.m. ET and was carrying four crew members and two passengers. The plane is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance in Canada.
Skyport, Bermuda’s airport operator, told The Associated Press that the plane took off from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport overnight for the flight to Massachusetts.
FlightAware data shows that the jet plummeted more than 10,000 feet before it lost contact.
Clarence Togeretz, the director of flight operations at Latitude Air Ambulance, told NBC News that the plane was carrying out a medical evacuation.
“We always get rather concerned when our crew doesn’t report to us in a timely manner,” he told the outlet. “But I will say that again, optimistically and positively, that doesn’t mean that the worst has happened.”
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