A Gulfstream G100 medical flight from Bermuda to Boston lost contact early Saturday near Nantucket. Crews found debris about 20 miles south of the island and were still searching for six people.
US search teams were still looking on Sunday for six people who were aboard a medical transport jet that lost contact off Nantucket early Saturday. The New York Times reported the aircraft was a Gulfstream G100 flying from Bermuda to Boston and that the Federal Aviation Administration lost communication just after 1 a.m. Eastern time.
Flight data cited by the Times showed the jet holding about 24,000 feet before dropping several thousand feet around 1:05 a.m. The FAA issued an alert around 1:20 a.m. CNN, citing FlightAware, said the aircraft plunged about 13,000 feet over two minutes after more than an hour at 24,000 feet. It had left L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda for Boston Logan.
The Coast Guard, Massachusetts authorities and the New York Air National Guard joined the search. The Times said crews had covered more than 2,800 square miles in 36 hours and located a debris field about 20 miles south of Nantucket. CNN reported the Coast Guard said the debris was confirmed to be from the aircraft.
Rear Adm. Matt Lake of the Coast Guard called the search area large and demanding, the Times reported. He said the water there is about 80 to 90 feet deep. Authorities had not specified what was recovered and said finding the people aboard remained the priority. The six had not been publicly identified.
Next of kin were being notified of the search, Lake said at a Sunday news conference, CNN reported. The operation was continuing. Neither outlet reported that survivors had been found.
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- Rear Adm. Matt Lake called the search area large and demanding