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The US Coast Guard is searching for a Hamilton-based air ambulance carrying six people missing off the coast of Nantucket.
The Federal Aviation Administration told Global News in a statement that it issued a search and rescue alert for a Gulfstream G-100 around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.
The flight departed from Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport and was bound for Boston’s Logan International Airport, a spokesperson said. It was scheduled to arrive in Boston around 1:30 am
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Boston Logan International Airport, confirmed to Global News in an email that the plane did not arrive as scheduled.
“Our thoughts are with those on board and their loved ones as the search continues,” the spokesperson said.
According to data from Flight Aware, the plane took off on Friday around 11:40 p.m. The data shows the plane slowed as it fell from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet around 1:05 a.m. before losing contact.
In a post on social media, the Coast Guard said it had launched air and surface crews in search of the plane.
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The authorities are dealing with what is called a pattern search, John Gradek, an aviation expert at McGill University, told Global News.
“These aircraft are typically equipped with a transponder that basically beeps to the world about the location. So I’m not sure if that transponder was deployed or not,” he said, adding that it doesn’t appear authorities have a set location.
The jet is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, a company based in Hamilton, Ont., according to data from FlightRadar 24.
The company’s website says it operates four Gulfstream G-100 jets, the “longest range dedicated medevac aircraft in North America.”
Gradek said the company has been around for a while, calling it the “premier long distance air ambulance service in North America.”
“They are around for a few years, they fly high quality, well maintained aircraft, and are very reliable,” he added.
Clarence Togeretz, operations manager for Latitude Air Ambulance, told The Canadian Press this is the first time Latitude Air Ambulance has lost contact with one of its planes.
He said the missing plane was transporting a patient and her family member, with two pilots and two medical personnel on board.
The four medical personnel are Canadian and the two passengers are Bermuda nationals, he added.
The Bermuda government said in a post on social media it was in contact with the families of those on board.
The jet’s previous flight was on Friday, en route from Hamilton to Bermuda.
– With files from the Canadian Press
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