The two people aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston were identified Monday as a mother from Bermuda and her son.
Saturday. Coast Guard suspended rescue efforts Sunday. Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a Gulfstream G100 with four crew members when it went missing off Nantucket around 1 a.m. Bermuda is about 750 to 780 miles southeast of Boston.
Searchers later found a “debris field” off the coast of the island, but with no sign of the six people on board after a 66-hour search that spanned more than 4,400 miles , the U.S.
The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast. “They dedicated themselves to providing care to people at some of the most difficult moments in their lives, and they were carrying out that mission when this tragedy occurred. We are grieving their loss deeply. The Canadian-registered jet had departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport on a nighttime flight to Massachusetts.
“Our four crew members were valued members of the Latitude family,” the company said in a statement. “We will not speculate about the circumstances or cause of the accident while that work is underway,” he wrote in an email. Air traffic audio indicates that the plane may have been “coming in blind” as a storm loomed.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said it will send investigators in the coming days to assist in the search for and recovery of the aircraft. The agency said it is leading the investigation into the crash with assistance from its U.S. counterpart, the National Transportation Safety Board.
