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Coast Guard to scan seabed for missing Bermuda-to-Boston air ambulance with six aboard
The U.S. Coast Guard kept searching Sunday for six people aboard a Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that vanished early Saturday on a flight from Bermuda to Boston, after crews found a debris field confirmed to be from the jet off Nantucket, the Associated Press reported. Four Canadians and two Bermudians were aboard; searchers have covered about 2,840 square miles, and Rear Adm. Matt Lake said the Coast Guard is deploying sonar to search the seabed in 80 to 90 feet of water. Air traffic control audio indicates the pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast, the AP said.
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- Associated Press (via WPRI)Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
- U.S. Coast GuardCoast Guard continues search for six people after locating debris from missing aircraft off Nantucket