Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast
US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane bound for Boston, Massachusetts went missing early Saturday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search and rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT). An air and water [...] The post Medical plane with 6 on board missing off…
A medical plane carrying six individuals went missing off the coast of Massachusetts early Saturday morning, prompting a search and rescue operation. The Federal Aviation Administration reported losing contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane just after 1:00 local time, and the US Coast Guard initiated a search from an air and water perspective off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island.
According to flight data from FlightAware, the plane had departed from Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport at 23:40 local time and was scheduled to land at Boston's Logan International Airport at 1:30 EDT (6:30 GMT). The Coast Guard's tail number identified the aircraft as belonging to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that specializes in international medical flights for patients returning home.
The flight data indicated a significant drop in altitude, with the plane plummeting from around 7,300m (24,000ft) to 3,300m (11,000ft) before its communications went silent.
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