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Debris found after six-person medical flight disappears
Search crews are looking off Nantucket after an air ambulance from Bermuda to Boston lost contact.
What happened
US Coast Guard crews found a debris field linked to a Canadian-registered Gulfstream G-100 after it lost contact en route from Bermuda to Boston. The medical transport carried six people. Search ships, aircraft and helicopters continued off Nantucket, Massachusetts, after relatives were notified.
Numbers
- 6 peoplewere aboard the medical flight — Searches continue off Nantucket
- 4 Canadianswere among those on board — They included the flight crew
- 2 Bermudianswere also on the aircraft — Authorities notified next of kin
Questions
- Why was the jet travelling?
- It was an air ambulance returning a patient home from Bermuda, with a relative accompanying the patient and a medical crew.
- What triggered the search response?
- The Federal Aviation Administration issued a search-and-rescue alert at about 1:20 a.m. local time after communications with the jet were lost.
- Who was on board?
- The flight included two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and the patient’s relative; four people were Canadian nationals.
- Have families been contacted?
- Authorities notified the next of kin of those aboard while Coast Guard vessels, helicopters and aircraft continued the offshore search.
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The catch
The debris field confirms the aircraft was involved, but does not determine the cause or the fate of those aboard.