Ontario air ambulance carrying six people missing off Nantucket: U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that an Ontario air ambulance carrying six individuals has vanished. The Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the aircraft early Saturday as it was en route from Bermuda to Boston. Coast guard authorities have initiated a search operation off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island.
The Gulfstream G100 jet, registered to Latitude Air Ambulance based in Hamilton, Ontario, is equipped to provide international emergency medical transportation. Ontario’s air ambulance service provider Ornge expressed hope on social media for a swift and safe recovery of both the aircraft and its passengers.
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Also reported by 5 other outlets
- Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston winnipegfreepress.com
- Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston toronto.citynews.ca
- U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing Hamilton-based air ambulance jet with 6 on board cbc.ca
- Boston-bound plane with six people aboard goes missing; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast hindustantimes.com
- Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says abcnews.com
