BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for a medical transport jet that disappeared off Nantucket while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard, the agency announced.
Those aboard included four Canadian nationals and two Bermuda nationals, according to the Coast Guard. Their families have been notified, but the announcement did not establish what happened to them.
The Coast Guard reported that crews searched 4,445 miles over approximately 66 hours before ending the search Oct. 4.
“Suspending a search is not an easy decision.”
Rear Adm. Matthew Lake, commander of the Coast Guard’s Northeast DistrictLake expressed condolences to the families and thanked the agencies that helped with the search.
The Gulfstream G100 was flying from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda to Boston Logan International Airport. At about 1:20 a.m. local time Saturday, Oct. 3, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice.
The Coast Guard received word from the FAA at approximately 2 a.m. that contact with the plane had been lost.
Search crews from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod flew an HC-144 Ocean Sentry, an HC-130 Hercules and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Two HH-60 helicopter crews and an HC-130 aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing also joined the effort.
At sea, the search involved 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crews from Coast Guard Station Brant Point and the crew of the William Sparling, a Boston-based Fast Response Cutter.
The Coast Guard said the appropriate investigative authorities would coordinate an investigation into the cause of the incident.
