Overview
- A Gulfstream G100 registered to Latitude Air Ambulance vanished after declaring an emergency and losing contact in the early hours of Saturday, with flight-tracking data showing a rapid descent from about 24,000 feet.
- The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered debris it says belongs to the aircraft and search-and-rescue teams continue to scour the ocean near Nantucket for any survivors or additional wreckage.
- Authorities report six people were on board—four Canadian nationals and two from Bermuda—and Latitude Air Ambulance said the passengers included two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and a family member.
- Open-source tracking analyses and some media outlets cite an abrupt altitude loss and alleged panicked radio exchanges in the final moments but those audio reports remain unverified by investigators.
- A public briefing in Boston is scheduled for Sunday and federal investigators from aviation agencies are leading a formal probe that will use the recovered debris, radar tracks and any communications to seek a cause; the finding follows recent high-profile medevac crashes that have drawn added scrutiny to such operations.