Coast Guard finds debris as search continues for medical aircraft missing from Bermuda
Key Points(5)
- Coast Guard is searching for survivors after finding debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard.
- The Gulfstream G100, tail number C-GRJP, lost contact at about 2 a.m.
- Saturday, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to notify the Coast Guard.
- The aircraft was operated as an air ambulance, with four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers aboard, officials said.
- Their identities have not been released.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for survivors after finding debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard.
The Gulfstream G100, tail number C-GRJP, lost contact at about 2 a.m. Saturday, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to notify the Coast Guard.
The aircraft was operated as an air ambulance, with four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers aboard, officials said. Their identities have not been released.
Rear Adm. Matt Lake, commander of the Coast Guard Northeast District, said Sunday that crews were continuing to search the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
“It’s a large and demanding search area,” Lake said during a news conference, adding that the Coast Guard’s priority was to locate the six people aboard the aircraft.
Coast Guard air and surface crews involved in the search include an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Brant Point and the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling, a fast-response cutter, are also involved.
The Coast Guard said crews are assessing information gathered during the search as the operation continues.
Lake said further details about those aboard would not be released at this time out of respect for their families.
The search remains ongoing, and the Coast Guard said additional information would be released as it becomes available.
