Map Shows Where Boston-Bound Plane Vanished With 6 Onboard
The light aircraft disappeared off the coast of Nantucket early Saturday morning while flying from Bermuda to Boston.
A Gulfstream G100 aircraft, registered G100 C-GRJP and operated by Ontario-based Latitude Air Ambulance, vanished from radar early Saturday morning while en route from Bermuda to Boston's Logan International Airport, carrying six people. Latitude Air Ambulance, a medical transportation company, employs four Canadian crew members and two Bermuda-national passengers on this flight.
The aircraft's last recorded location, according to Flightradar24, was off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where a search operation is currently underway by the U.S. Coast Guard using various assets. Coast Guard air and surface crews are scanning the specific area where the aircraft last communicated.
The final radar ping was received at 1:23 a.m. ET, shortly before the aircraft was scheduled to land, and flight data shows a rapid descent of over 9,000 feet within two minutes. The FAAs issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice around 1:20 a.m. local time, around the time the last communication was lost.
Latitude Air Ambulances operations manager Clarence Togeretz disclosed that four crew members are Canadian, while the two passengers on board are nationals of Bermuda. Boston Logan International Airport operates under MassPort, which confirmed the aircraft did not arrive as planned, expressing condolences to those on board.
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