Search Continues for Missing Air Ambulance Off Massachusetts Coast
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US Coast Guard continues search off Massachusetts coast for a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, after losing contact Saturday morning; debris field found near Nantucket as search expands over 7,356 sq km using aircraft, helicopters, boats, and cutters.
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The Gulfstream G100 air ambulance disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, prompting a search and rescue operation by US and regional authorities.
A search continued on Sunday off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston as authorities planned to comb the seabed, the US Coast Guard said.
The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the coastguard at 2am on Saturday saying it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G100 carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals over the Atlantic Ocean. Searchers later on Saturday found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Admiral Matt Lake said at a news conference on Sunday.
Coastguard crews along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities have since searched an area encompassing 7,356 sq km (2,840 square miles) using fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters.
“This is a large and demanding search area,” Lake said.
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Search efforts will continue for several more days as teams comb the seabed and expand the search area if needed.
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Open Questions
- What caused the loss of contact with the aircraft?
- Were there any distress signals before disappearance?
- What does the debris field indicate about the fate of the aircraft and occupants?
