On Saturday evening, the United States Coast Guard announced that the wreckage of the Gulfstream G100 air ambulance operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, which had gone missing earlier and was registered in Canada, has been found. The search for the 6 people on board is ongoing.
According to reports from Reuters, the United States Coast Guard stated that the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The fate of the 6 people on board remains unknown, with search and rescue operations continuing late into Saturday night and scheduled to resume on Sunday.
Canadian Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon stated on social media that among the 6 individuals on board, 4 are Canadian. He expressed his awareness of the situation and the missing Canadian-registered air ambulance flying from Bermuda to Boston. MacKinnon extended his thoughts to the occupants of the aircraft, their families, loved ones, and colleagues, emphasizing that efforts are being made in coordination with relevant authorities and emergency responders to continue the search and rescue operations.
The United States Coast Guard confirmed that two of the passengers were Bermudian citizens. The operations manager of Latitude Air Ambulance informed a Canadian news agency that there were two pilots and two medical personnel on board, all of whom were Canadian. The two passengers included a patient and their family member.
The Gulfstream G100, a twin-engine medium-sized jet aircraft, took off from LF Wade International Airport in Bermuda at 12:41 a.m. local time on October 3, with the intended purpose of transporting a patient to Boston for medical treatment. However, the aircraft went missing off the coast of Nantucket Island.
Recordings of airport communications revealed by The Boston Globe indicated that air traffic controllers urgently asked the pilot before the aircraft went missing, “Did you just say you are ‘coming in blind’?” Further inquiries were made about any power failure and loss of radar signal but received no clear response.
According to FlightAware flight data cited by Reuters, the aircraft descended approximately 13,000 feet within 2 minutes and subsequently lost radar signal and radio communication. In response, the United States Coast Guard deployed aircraft, helicopters, rescue boats, and patrol vessels to conduct search and rescue operations off Nantucket Island.