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Coast Guard locates debris from missing plane, search for missing passengers ongoing
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Key Points:
- The U.S. Coast Guard found debris confirmed to be from a missing Gulfstream G-100 aircraft off Nantucket, with six people still unaccounted for.
- The plane, a Canadian-registered air ambulance operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport en route to Boston’s Logan Airport but lost contact near Nantucket.
- The aircraft carried four crew members and two passengers traveling to Boston for medical care, and the FAA issued a search and rescue alert shortly after losing contact.
- Search efforts involve multiple Coast Guard units and cover an area approximately 13 nautical miles off the coast, spanning 30 by 20 nautical miles.
- Bermuda officials are in contact with the families of those on board, and authorities continue to investigate and search for the missing individuals.
