Search Continues for Missing Medical Flight from Bermuda to Boston
Authorities search ocean floor off Massachusetts coast for air ambulance with six missing. Debris field found near Nantucket.
POLICY WIRE — Boston, United States — A search is ongoing off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. A ‘debris field’ was found later Saturday off the coast of Nantucket, the Coast Guard said.
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that the Gulfstream G100, carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals, lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration early Saturday over the Atlantic Ocean. Search crews later discovered a debris field near Nantucket, prompting intensified efforts to locate any survivors.
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Coast Guard crews, along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities, have searched an area of 2,840 square miles using fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats, and cutters. The water depth in the area ranges from 80 to 90 feet, and sonar equipment is being deployed to scan the seabed floor. The next of kin of those aboard have been kept updated on the progress of the search.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
