Medical aircraft carrying 6 people goes missing off Massachusetts coast

A Gulfstream G‑100 medical plane wrecked its flight route on Saturday after it departed from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport at 23:40 local time, en route to Boston’s Logan International Airport. The aircraft was scheduled to land at 01:30 EDT but never arrived, prompting U. S. authorities to launch a search just after 01:00 local time.

The U. S. Coast Guard’s Northeast District is leading an airborne and surface search around Nantucket, an island on the New England coast. The FAA issued a search‑and‑rescue notice simultaneously, reporting that the aircraft lost contact, fell from 7,300 m (24,000 ft) to 3,300 m (11,000 ft) and then went silent.

Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that provides international medical transport, owns the plane. Two Canadian pilots and two medical staff were on board to escort a patient and a relative from Bermuda back to the United States.

Radio logs indicate the pilot declared an emergency before communications ceased. An area fire dispatcher had already been alerted to a potential “electrical issue” on the aircraft, but the pilot then reported losing both radio and radar.

“We’re missing the aircraft over the Atlantic,” said a Coast Guard spokesperson. "All hands are accounted for, but we have no sign of the plane."” The search will continue until all water and airspace around the known flight path has been cleared for wreckage.