Air Ambulance Disappears Off Nantucket During Bermuda-to-Boston Flight With Six Aboard

Bermuda Premier David Burt said he hopes all six people aboard a Latitude Air Ambulance jet lost near Nantucket will be found, even after the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search. The aircraft, carrying two Bermudians and four Canadians, reportedly declared an emergency over electrical issues before wreckage was found at sea.

Searchers found a debris field off Nantucket believed to be from an air ambulance that vanished over the Atlantic Saturday with six people aboard on a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The Coast Guard says four Canadians and two Bermudians were on board, and investigators are looking at reports of electrical problems and a sharp descent in stormy weather.

The US Coast Guard is searching for a Latitude Air Ambulance medical evacuation plane that disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard, including a patient, two pilots and two medical staff. The Gulfstream G100 was last seen off Nantucket, and the incident is raising concern for a regional air-medical service that operates across the Atlantic.

A Gulfstream G100 carrying six people lost contact with aviation authorities early Saturday during a flight from Bermuda’s L F Wade International Airport to Boston. The US Coast Guard launched an air and sea search off Nantucket, as officials worked to locate the jet on the route between Bermuda and the US mainland.