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US coastguard suspends search for six on board crashed medical jet
Al Jazeera • • general
Key Points:
- The US Coast Guard has suspended the search for six people aboard a medical transport jet that crashed en route from Bermuda to Boston after 66 hours of searching and confirming debris off Nantucket Island belonged to the aircraft.
- The Gulfstream G100 carried two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical staff, a Bermudian patient, and a relative; all are now presumed dead according to Latitude Air Ambulance, the operator of the flight.
- Flight data indicated a steep descent in the jet's final moments, and air traffic controllers lost contact, but the cause of the crash remains undetermined.
- The FAA alerted the Coast Guard early Saturday after losing contact with the plane, which had flown to Bermuda to pick up the patient before heading to Boston Logan International Airport.
- Search efforts covered 4,445 miles by air and sea in waters approximately 80 to 90 feet deep, with authorities expressing condolences and gratitude to all agencies involved.
