NANTUCKET – A U.S. Coast Guard C-144 jet and helicopter are searching an area south of Nantucket after reports that an aircraft may have gone down in the water. Flight controllers reportedly lost contact with the aircraft about 1:45 AM after the pilot reported electrical issues.
The Coast Guard reports they are searching for a Gulfstream aircraft with 6 persons on board after the FAA reported losing contact with the aircraft early Saturday morning.
USCG air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available.
USCG further advises the plane was traveling from Bermuda to Boston. Current search area is off the coast of Nantucket. Aircraft is a Gulfstream G100.
Flight tracking appears to show this is the aircraft involved:
Published reports say the aircraft is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario Canada, and there were six people onboard.
Via Latitude Air Ambulance website
The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to search Saturday for six people aboard a missing medical transport aircraft after search crews located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket.
At approximately 2 AM Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard that contact had been lost with the Gulfstream G100 aircraft, tail number C-GRJP, while it was traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
There were six people aboard the aircraft, including four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals. Next of kin have been notified.
Coast Guard search crews located a debris field that has been confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft. Crews are continuing to search for the six people who were aboard the aircraft and the Coast Guard cutter William Sparling will continue search efforts throughout the night.
Coast Guard and partner-agency assets involved in the search include:
An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
An HC-130 Hercules crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
47-foot Motor Lifeboat crews from Coast Guard Station Brant Point
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling, a Boston-based Fast Response Cutter
Two HH-60 helicopter crews from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing
An HC-130 aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing
1,644 square miles have been searched over approximately 27 hours.
The search remains ongoing. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
David Curran/Satellite News Service/CWN
CWN will bring you further details as we get them.
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