Debris field from vanished plane off Nantucket stretches 80-90 feet, Coast Guard says, tell me about this news today

The U.S. Coast Guard located a debris field measuring roughly 80 to 90 feet across in the Atlantic Ocean south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, confirming it belongs to a vanished medical transport jet.

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What Happened

The aircraft, a twin-engine Gulfstream G100 operated by Ontario-based Latitude Air Ambulance, was en route from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport. Air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with the flight early Saturday morning around 1:00 to 1:20 a.m.

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Key Details from the Investigation

• People on board: Six individuals were aboardfour Canadian crew members and two Bermudian nationals (a patient and a traveling companion). All six remain unaccounted for.

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• Flight profile: Flight-tracking data indicates the plane was cruising at 24,000 feet before plunging rapidlylosing thousands of feet within two minutesbefore disappearing off radar south of Nantucket.

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• Distress communications: Recordings from air traffic control reveal the crew declared an emergency, suggesting possible catastrophic electrical failure. A controller was heard asking the crew to confirm if they were “coming in blind” shortly before transmissions went silent.

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• Current response: The Coast Guard, alongside local marine and aviation units, has covered more than 1,600 square miles. While surface debris has been identified, intensive search-and-rescue operations remain underway to locate the aircraft’s main wreckage and the six occupants.

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