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Six missing after Nantucket medical jet debris found
Debris has been linked to a missing air ambulance, but the fate of six people remains unknown.
What happened
The US Coast Guard found a debris field linked to a Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that lost contact en route from Bermuda to Boston. The aircraft carried six people. Air and surface crews searched waters off Nantucket after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a search-and-rescue alert.
Numbers
- 6 peopleAboard the missing air ambulance — Search remains under way
- 4 CanadiansAmong people on board — Two others were Bermudian
- 2 BermudiansAmong people on board — Four others were Canadian
Questions
- Who was aboard the jet?
- The operator described two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and a family member among the people travelling.
- What service runs these flights?
- Latitude Air Ambulance operates repatriation and medical-evacuation services designed to transport patients back to their places of residence from abroad.
- What does the debris finding mean?
- It confirmed the field was associated with the missing aircraft, while the Coast Guard continued searching the water for those on board.
- Which units joined the search?
- Coast Guard air and surface crews from Cape Cod and Nantucket, plus the cutter William Sparling, joined the operation.
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The catch
The cause, the occupants’ condition and the full extent of the debris field remain unknown.