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Debris found as US Coast Guard search for missing medical plane carrying six people
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Debris from a medical transport plane carrying six people was found off the coast of Nantucket after the aircraft vanished over the Atlantic during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
- The air ambulance, a Gulfstream G100, reported electrical failures and descended rapidly before disappearing from radar around 1 a.m. local time.
- The six people on board included a patient, a family member from Bermuda, and a four-person Canadian crew, all of whom remain unaccounted for.
- The US Coast Guard has conducted extensive search operations covering approximately 1,644 square miles and will continue overnight efforts to locate the missing individuals.
- Bermudian officials are in contact with the families of those on board, while investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the plane's disappearance.
