An air ambulance plane carrying six people has gone missing on its way to Boston from Bermuda on Saturday.
The US Coast Guard has launched a search for a Gulfstream aircraft around 6am this morning after the aircraft, which is owned by Latitude Air Ambulance, failed to make it to Boston.
The crew was performing a medical evacuation in Bermuda, Latitude’s Director of Flight Operations Clarence Togeretz told NBC News.
‘We always get rather concerned when our crew doesn’t report to us in a timely manner,’ Togeretz told the outlet.
‘But I will say that again, optimistically and positively, that doesn’t mean that the worst has happened.’
Latitude’s plans typically operate with two pilots, a nurse and respiratory therapist, and sometimes a physician, its website said. It is unclear who the six people onboard are.
The Coast Guard said the Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane early this morning.
The plane was traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
As of 6.30am, the Coast Guard was searching for the aircraft near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
A plane carrying six people has gone missing on its way to Boston from Bermuda on Saturday (stock image)
FlightAware data showed the aircraft plummeted to around 11,000 feet from roughly 25,000 shortly after 1am. The final ping came around 1.30am
Coast Guard crews from Cape Code, Brant Point, and William Sparling are responding to the search, the agency told the Daily Mail
FlightAware data showed the aircraft plummeted to around 11,000 feet from roughly 25,000 shortly after 1am.
The final ping came around 1.30am, shortly before the plane was scheduled to land in Boston.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Coast Guard and Latitude for comment.
Coast Guard crews from Cape Code, Brant Point, and William Sparling are responding to the search, the agency told the Daily Mail.
Air and boating crews are assisting the search.
Latitude launched in 2009, providing services that take patients to hospitals and back to their home countries.
The Canadian company has a fleet of 10 planes, including four Gulfstream G100s.
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
