An air ambulance carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston, United States, may have been “coming in blind” with electrical problems when a storm loomed ahead of it early on Saturday, shortly before it vanished in the waters off Nantucket.
The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the flight approached the coast, according to air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net. The Canadian-registered air ambulance jet had four crew members and two passengers aboard when it departed Bermuda’s L.F. “Something bad happened with this big drop, and they flew into this big storm. “It’s very easy to get disoriented and not know if you’re turning, climbing, descending, etc. Spatial orientation hits pretty quickly,” Schiavo was quoted by AP as saying.
The plane also descended sharply from its cruising altitude of around 24,000 feet to around 10,000 feet, according to preliminary data from flight tracking site FlightRadar24.
The US Coast Guard said that searchers found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, AP reported. “Roger, you said you’re coming in blind. Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot. Wade International Airport overnight for the flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport’s operator, Skyport. It’s a terrible place to have a loss of your instruments and be flying blind,” said Schiavo, who is an aviation attorney. Four of the six people on board the flight were Canadian nationals, the country’s minister of transport, Steven MacKinnon, said on X, adding that Transport Canada is closely monitoring and working with authorities on search and rescue efforts.
The US Coast Guard said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that the Gulfstream G100 had lost contact very early on Saturday morning.
