Medical Plane Missing Off Massachusetts Coast After Emergency Declaration
A Gulfstream G‑100 medical air ambulance carrying six crew and patients vanished shortly after take‑off from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport, bound for Boston’s Logan International Airport.
FlightTracking shows the aircraft descended from roughly 7,300 metres to 3,300 metres before communications with Boston air traffic control abruptly stopped. Air traffic controllers recorded a series of weak transmissions, concluding the pilot declared an emergency before the aircraft lost all radio and radar contact.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Coast Guard’s Northeast District launched a combined air‑and‑water search around Nantucket Island within hours of the loss of contact. Rescue teams are sweeping coastal waters, aircraft wreckage debris, and possible distress buoys, while satellite imagery is scoured for any clue of the plane’s final position.
The aircraft, registered to Latitude Air Ambulances, was transporting two Canadian medical staff and two pilot crew members along with a patient and a relative who are not Canadian. The loss of a medical transport raises concerns about patient safety and the importance of reliable emergency procedures.
CBS News, The Globe, and LiveATC.net have reported on the communications breakdown that led to the emergency declaration, but authorities have yet to release a detailed incident report. All involved parties are cooperating with the investigation to determine the cause of the disappearance.
