Debris found after medical plane carrying six people went missing off Nantucket
Six passengers and crew on board still unaccounted for after medical transport plane vanishes over Atlantic, officials say Researches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said. A statement from the Coast Guard issued on Saturday evening said crews…
A medical transport plane carrying six people went missing over the Atlantic early Saturday morning, according to the US Coast Guard. Six passengers and crew members are still unaccounted for after the plane vanished. The Coast Guard reported that crews searching off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts found debris believed to be from the aircraft.
The plane, an air ambulance called a Gulfstream G100, took off from Bermuda late Saturday with a patient, a family member, and a four-person crew from Canada. As the plane approached Nantucket, it experienced electrical failures and descended rapidly, disappearing from radar around 1am local time. Air traffic controllers had difficulty communicating with the flight due to communication issues in its final moments.
The Coast Guard cutter William Sparling will continue its search efforts throughout the night, having searched roughly 1,644 square miles in about 27 hours. Bermuda's government has been in touch with the passengers' families, expressing their thoughts and support during this worrying time.
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