A search is underway for a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people on board. The US Coast Guard is searching off Nantucket as officials work to find the missing plane .
He said this is the first time Latitude Air Ambulance has lost contact with one of its planes. The Gulfstream G100 jet took off from Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport. It has sent planes, a helicopter and two boats, some from a station in Cape Cod. When the plane did not arrive, the company contacted the US Coast Guard.
The FAA issued an alert around 1:20am after losing contact with the plane. As per CBC News, five teams are helping in the search, including a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Brant Point and the William Sparling patrol ship. Togeretz said the company lost contact with the plane at around 1:30am local time Saturday as it was nearing Boston.
It was due to land at Boston Logan International Airport early Saturday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told CBC News .
The FAA said it is working with the Rescue Coordination Center and the US Coast Guard to find the aircraft. The Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, according to its northeast division. Clarence Togeretz, Latitude’s director of flight operations, said the plane had two Canadian pilots and two Canadian medical staff members. They had flown to Bermuda to pick up a patient and the patient’s relative, who are not Canadian, he told CBC News. “We’re praying for a safe outcome,” he said.
The Canadian government is “closely monitoring” the situation and working with US authorities, Federal Minister of Transportation Steven MacKinnon said on X.
