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The U.S. Coast Guard, alongside federal and local agencies, launched an urgent search and rescue operation off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, after a medical transport aircraft with six people on board went missing.

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• The aircraft is a Gulfstream G-100 (tail number C-GRJP) operated by the Canadian medevac company Latitude Air Ambulance, based in Hamilton, Ontario.

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• The flight departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda around 12:41 a.m., bound for Boston Logan International Airport.

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• Air traffic control and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lost contact with the jet around 1:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., approximately an hour and 45 minutes into the flight. Flight tracking data indicated the aircraft experienced a rapid descent from roughly 24,000 feet down to 11,000 feet before radar and transponder contact ceased.

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• There were six people aboard: two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical personnel, one patient, and a relative accompanying the patient.

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• The Coast Guard’s First District mobilized multiple air and sea assets offshore south of Nantucket, including HC-144 Ocean Sentry and MH-60 Jayhawk crews from Air Station Cape Cod, a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Brant Point, and the Fast Response Cutter USCGC William Sparling.

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• Bermuda government officials confirmed they are in contact with the families of the occupants and coordinating closely with U.S. search and rescue authorities as active operations continue.

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