The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off Nantucket for a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that lost contact Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard. Latitude Air Ambulance confirmed the jet was evacuating a patient and said it has an emergency response plane on standby. Flightradar24 showed multiple aircraft searching south of Nantucket, and an ABC News source reported the jet descended about 7,500 feet before striking the water, a detail not yet confirmed by authorities.
Air Ambulance Missing Off Nantucket: Gulfstream G100 With Six Aboard Loses Contact En Route From Bermuda
An air ambulance went missing on a trip from Bermuda to Boston. The Coast Guard is still searching for the plane. Image courtesy of UPI
Oct. 3 (UPI) — The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an ongoing search for an air ambulance that lost contact with air traffic control Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people on board.
The aircraft has been identified as a Gulfstream G100 jet. Latitude Air Ambulance confirmed the flight was evacuating a patient from Bermuda.
Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude Air Ambulance, said the company became concerned when their crew failed to report on schedule. He told NBC News: 'We always get rather concerned when our crew doesn't report to us in a timely manner. But I will say, optimistically and positively, that doesn't mean the worst has happened.' Togeretz added the company keeps an emergency response aircraft on standby 'absolutely for anything that might occur to any of our missions.'
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Boston Logan International Airport, confirmed the Gulfstream never arrived and offered condolences: 'Our thoughts are with those on board and their loved ones as the search continues.'
The Coast Guard's Northeast unit posted on X that the search area is 'off the coast of Nantucket.' Data from Flightradar24 showed multiple aircraft searching south of the island, NBC News reported.
According to a source cited by ABC News, the jet descended about 7,500 feet before striking the water; this detail has not been officially confirmed by the Coast Guard. Authorities continue search-and-rescue operations and have not released further information about the identities of those on board.
Developing: Officials urge anyone with relevant radar or witness information to contact the Coast Guard as search efforts continue.
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