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US Coast Guard searching for air ambulance, carrying 6, after it vanished on route to Boston
The Boston Globe • • nation
Key Points:
- A Gulfstream G100 jet carrying a patient, a family member, and a four-person crew disappeared from radar around 1 a.m. while approaching Nantucket after reporting electrical failures and rapidly descending thousands of feet.
- The plane took off from Bermuda late Friday night and was en route to Boston when it lost radio and radar contact; emergency crews were staged at Logan International Airport but the aircraft never landed.
- The crew members are Canadian citizens, and the passengers are Bermudian nationals, with authorities confirming the passengers included a patient and their son.
- A search and rescue mission was launched involving the FAA, US Coast Guard, and local police, who began searching Nantucket’s shoreline at sunrise for the missing plane.
- Officials from Bermuda and Massachusetts expressed concern and pledged support, with Bermuda Premier David Burt and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey offering prayers and assistance.
