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US Coast Guard searches for missing medical jet off Nantucket

United States authorities are searching for a medical evacuation plane carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.

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The United States Coast Guard has dispatched air and surface crews to search for a missing air ambulance carrying six people near Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday. Al Jazeera reported that the Gulfstream jet lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the aircraft went missing off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday morning. [1][11][12]

According to Al Jazeera, the United States Federal Aviation Administration informed the Coast Guard early on Saturday morning after losing contact with the aircraft. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a search and rescue alert notice at approximately 1:20 am local time for the missing Gulfstream G-100 jet. [1][11]

Al Jazeera reported that the Coast Guard concentrated search efforts near Nantucket, an island community located south of mainland Massachusetts. The National Transportation Safety Board stated on Saturday morning that it was gathering information regarding the situation but had no immediate further updates. [1]

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In short

  • A medical evacuation jet carrying six people went missing on a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
  • The United States Coast Guard dispatched air and surface crews to search near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration notified search teams after losing contact with the aircraft early on Saturday.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Air ambulance missing on flight from Bermuda to BostonAl Jazeera, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]US Coast Guard searches for medical aircraft carrying six from Bermuda to BostonInvesting.com, 1d ago
  3. [3]‘You’re coming in blind?’ Medical plane flying to Boston from Bermuda goes missing off NantucketThe Boston Globe, 1d ago
  4. [4]Coast Guard searching off Nantucket for medical evacuation jet carrying 6 people heading from Bermuda to BostonNBC News, 1d ago
  5. [5]Medical evacuation plane carrying 6 people goes missing en route to Boston from BermudaMetro.co.uk, 1d ago
  6. [6]Medical plane traveling from Bermuda to Boston vanishes in Atlantic OceanThe Independent, 1d ago

Background

  1. [7]List of missing aircraft on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Emergency medical services on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Bermuda on Grokipedia
  4. [10]Boston on Grokipedia
  5. [11]Search Underway for Missing Medical Jet Off Massachusetts Coast FTMQ News, 1d ago
  6. [12]Search underway for missing medical plane off Massachusetts coast FTMQ News, 1d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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