Boston bound medical transport plane carrying 6 goes missing after Bermuda take off. Gulfstream G100 operated by Canada’s Latitude Air Ambulance went off radar shortly after final air traffic control communication circa 12.46 a.m, and had been scheduled to land 1.25 a.m, but never made it as U.S Coast Guard launches massive search.
‘Are you coming in blind….?’ A medical transport plane carrying six people disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston early Saturday morning.
The missing aircraft is a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance, tail number C-GRJP. The Canadian-registered jet was carrying four crew members and two passengers when it departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda Friday night, bound for Boston Logan International Airport.
The missing Gulfstream plane had been scheduled to land at 1.25 a.m, according to FlightAware.
The U.S. Coast Guard according to a release on X launched a search for the missing plane off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice at approximately 1:20 a.m. Saturday after contact with the aircraft was lost.
Flight-tracking data reportedly showed the aircraft experienced a dramatic descent shortly before it disappeared, The Canadian Press reported.
According to FlightAware data, the plane dropped from approximately 23,500 feet to 11,000 feet in three minutes, beginning around 1:04 a.m. Its final radar information was recorded at approximately 1:23 a.m.
A New York air traffic controller had earlier asked the pilot if they were declaring an emergency, according to radio transmissions obtained by the Boston Globe.
‘You’re coming in blind? Is that what you said?’ an air traffic controller said at around 12:46 a.m. ‘Are you declaring an emergency or no?”
‘You’re coming in a little weak so I didn’t hear what your response was,’ said the controller.
The Gulfstream G100 flown by Latitude Air Ambulance reported an emergency to New York Center air traffic control just after 04:30 UTC (00:30 local time), then vanished from radar. #missingplane pic.twitter.com/s1QfBeaNZP
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The Coast Guard said multiple air and surface crews are actively responding, including: Ocean Sentry HC-144 and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod; a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Brant Point; a Fast Response cutter from ship USCGC William Sparling; and the HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Elizabeth City.
The rescue mission’s search area is 13 nautical miles off the coast of Nantucket and extends 30 nautical miles wide and 20 nautical miles long, the military branch added.
The aircraft is operated as an air ambulance by Latitude Air Ambulance, which provides medical transportation services. Authorities have not publicly identified the six people aboard or provided details about the two passengers.
To date, the missing aircraft had yet to be located. Officials have not announced what caused the aircraft to lose contact, and there have been no confirmed public reports of debris being discovered.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also gathering information about the disappearance.
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