A medical jet carrying six people has disappeared near Nantucket while traveling from Bermuda to Boston early Saturday morning, officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration reported. The FAA lost radar and radio contact with the aircraft around 1 a.m. local time and subsequently issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice for the Gulfstream G-100. Search and rescue operations are actively underway off the coast of Nantucket, coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast District. Authorities deployed an extensive array of assets to scour the area, including an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane, an HC-130 Hercules airplane, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat, and the Sentinel-class fast response cutter, the USCGC William Sparling. According to the tail number provided by the Coast Guard, the missing jet is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance. Flight tracking data from FlightAware indicates that the flight departed at approximately 11:40 p.m. ET on Friday. Skyport, the operator of the Bermuda airport, confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press that the aircraft left L.F. Wade International Airport overnight bound for Massachusetts. The Canadian-registered air ambulance was carrying four crew members and two passengers. Bermuda Premier David Burt stated on social media platform X that the government has been in direct communication with the families of those on board. Burt said they are praying for the safe recovery of all six individuals and expressed gratitude for the tireless work of the search and rescue teams. The plane vanished roughly one hour and 45 minutes into its journey. FlightAware records show that the aircraft experienced a rapid descent from an altitude of about 24,000 feet down to 11,000 feet shortly before all contact was lost. The flight had been scheduled to touch down at Boston’s Logan International Airport at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time.
Source: cbsnews.com
