The Coast Guard named four Canadian crew and two Bermudian passengers aboard a Latitude Air Ambulance jet that vanished Saturday after leaving Bermuda for Boston. All six are presumed dead.
The US Coast Guard on Tuesday named the six people aboard an Ontario-based air ambulance that went missing off Massachusetts on Saturday after leaving Bermuda for Boston.
CBC identified the Latitude Air Ambulance crew as Philip Gregory Childerhose, Thomas Henry Farquhar, Sarah Jane Paton and Jolene Beth Weir, all Canadian. The two passengers were Bermudian, the Coast Guard said: a patient and a family escort. CNN reported the company as saying the six are presumed dead after the search ended.
The Gulfstream left L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda just after 12:40 a.m. local time and was due at Boston Logan around 1:12 a.m., CNN said, citing FlightAware. The aircraft flew above 24,000 feet for more than an hour before dropping about 13,000 feet in two minutes.
The Coast Guard said debris was found about 32 kilometres off Nantucket and suspended the search on Sunday after covering roughly 7,000 square kilometres. Next of kin have been notified.
Latitude said it would support the investigation now led by Canadian partners. No cause had been stated by Tuesday.
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- Latitude Air Ambulance said the company had to face the heartbreaking reality that the six people aboard are presumed to have died.
- The Coast Guard said it was grateful to crews who responded and would support the Canadian investigation.