Debris from missing medical plane found, US coastguard says

Six people were on board the Canadian-registered air ambulance jet travelling from Bermuda to Boston.

A US coastguard cutter is seen in New York on May 21, 2025 [Richard Drew/AP]

The ⁠United States coastguard has found debris from an air ambulance off the shore of Massachusetts’s Nantucket Island.

The US Federal Aviation Administration told the coastguard early on Saturday that it had lost contact with a Gulfstream jet travelling from Bermuda to Boston.

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Several hours later, the coastguard said in a statement that it “located a debris field that has been confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft”.

The coastguard said that one of its cutters would keep searching the water overnight and into Sunday for six people who were on board.

The Canadian-registered air ambulance jet had four crew members and two passengers on board when it departed Bermuda’s LF Wade International airport overnight for the flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport’s operator, Skyport.

Canada’s Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon said in a social media post that four Canadians were on the plane.

“We are closely monitoring the situation and are working with the relevant authorities as search and rescue ‌efforts continue,” MacKinnon wrote.

The other two people on board were Bermudian nationals, the coastguard said.

The aircraft, registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, departed Bermuda at 12:41am local time (03:41 GMT), according to data from flight tracking website FlightAware.

The plane was flying at 24,000 feet (7,300 metres) for much of the flight before descending 13,000ft (3,960 metres) in about two minutes shortly before flight controllers lost contact, data showed.

Air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net offered a glimpse of the flight’s final communications before it went missing.

“Roger, you said you’re coming in blind. Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot.

The pilot’s transmission could not be heard in the recording. The controller later confirmed the pilot was declaring an emergency just before losing contact with the plane.

The Bermuda government is in contact with US ‌authorities and families of the passengers, Bermuda Premier David Burt wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.

“We are praying that all six people will ‌be ‌found safe,” he wrote.

Latitude Air Ambulance is based in Ontario, Canada, and provides medical evacuation services. The company ⁠did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

一架从百慕大飞往波士顿的加拿大注册空中救护飞机上共有六名乘客。

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美国联邦航空管理局周六早些时候告知海岸警卫队，他们与一架从百慕大飞往波士顿的湾流喷气式飞机失去了联系。

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几个小时后，海岸警卫队在一份声明中表示，“已发现与失踪飞机有关的残骸区”。

海岸警卫队表示，其一艘巡逻艇将继续在夜间至周日期间在水域搜寻船上的六人。

据百慕大机场运营商 Skyport 的一份声明称，这架在加拿大注册的空中救护喷气式飞机载有四名机组人员和两名乘客，于夜间从百慕大 LF Wade 国际机场起飞，飞往马萨诸塞州。

加拿大交通部长史蒂文·麦金农在社交媒体上发帖称，飞机上有四名加拿大人。

麦金农写道：“我们正在密切关注事态发展，并与相关部门合作，继续开展搜救工作。”

海岸警卫队称，船上另外两人是百慕大国民。

根据航班跟踪网站 FlightAware 的数据，这架注册在 Latitude Air Ambulance 名下的飞机于当地时间凌晨 12:41（格林尼治标准时间 03:41）从百慕大起飞。

数据显示，飞机在飞行的大部分时间里都保持在 24,000 英尺（7,300 米）的高度飞行，但在飞行控制人员失去联系前不久，飞机在大约两分钟内下降了 13,000 英尺（3,960 米）。

LiveATC.net 发布的空中交通管制音频让我们得以一窥该航班失踪前的最后通讯内容。

“收到，你说你是盲进场。你是这么说的吗？”可以听到一名管制员问飞行员。

录音中听不到飞行员的通话内容。管制员后来证实，飞行员在与飞机失去联系前曾发出紧急情况信号。

百慕大总理戴维·伯特在Instagram上发表声明称，百慕大政府正在与美国当局和乘客家属保持联系。

“我们祈祷这六个人都能平安获救，”他写道。

Latitude Air Ambulance公司总部位于加拿大安大略省，提供医疗救援服务。该公司尚未对此事作出回应。