Overview
- The Gulfstream G100 left Bermuda late Friday and lost contact with U.S. air traffic control early Saturday, prompting the FAA to issue a Search and Rescue alert around 1:20 a.m.
- The U.S. Coast Guard deployed aircraft and boats to an area south of Nantucket, including HC-144 and MH-60 aircraft, a 47-foot motor lifeboat, and the cutter USCGC William Sparling.
- Latitude Air Ambulance and officials say six people were aboard the Canadian-registered jet: two pilots, two medical staff, one patient, and one relative.
- Flight-tracking services recorded a rapid descent of roughly 9,000–13,000 feet in minutes and a final radar/ADS-B ping near Nantucket before the plane stopped responding.
- The NTSB is gathering information while Canadian and Bermuda authorities liaise with families and U.S. agencies continue the time-sensitive search for the aircraft and those on board.