Medical plane missing near Nantucket Island
A Gulfstream G100 aircraft disappeared from radar during a flight from Bermuda to Boston
Quick Look
- A Gulfstream G100 medical plane with six people on board disappeared from radar near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, while flying from Bermuda to Boston.
- A search operation by the US Coast Guard is underway.
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Why It Matters
A Gulfstream G100 aircraft was conducting a medical evacuation flight from Bermuda to Boston. Contact with the machine was lost shortly before the planned landing.
The incident occurred on Saturday night local time. A Gulfstream G100 was performing a medical evacuation from Bermuda to Boston, NBC News reports.
The plane's contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ended at 1:23 - two minutes before scheduled landing. The New York Post writes that the machine rapidly reduced its flight altitude from over 7 km to less than 3.5 km in just three minutes.
The FAA immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard that contact with the aircraft had been lost. It is known that there were six people on board.
We are always very concerned when our crew does not report to us within the expected time, Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude Air Ambulance, the company that operated the missing plane, told NBC News. However, this does not mean that the worst has happened, he added.
The US Coast Guard reported that a search operation was underway off the coast of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Both aviation and ships were involved.
Bermuda is a British overseas territory located in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1,000 km from the coast of North America.
Open Questions
- What was the technical condition of the machine before the start?
- Has the plane debris been found?
