The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people aboard a medical transport jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket while carrying a patient from Bermuda to Boston.
The Gulfstream G100 was operated by Canadian company Latitude Air Ambulance. On board were two pilots, two medical crew members, a patient and a family member. The four crew members were Canadian, while the two passengers were from Bermuda.
The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard around 2 a.m. Saturday after contact with the aircraft was lost. Before disappearing, the pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency. Search crews later located debris from the jet about 20 miles off Nantucket.
Coast Guard crews and partner agencies searched about 4,445 square miles over approximately 66 hours using aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters. The search was suspended Sunday evening after no survivors were found.
Latitude Air Ambulance said the four members of its team, the patient and the patient’s family escort are presumed dead. The company said it will cooperate with U.S. and Canadian authorities as recovery efforts continue and investigators work to determine what caused the aircraft to go down.
