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The search for a missing Ontario air ambulance

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Where it stands

The Coast Guard called off its search after about 66 hours, finding debris matched to the aircraft but recovering no one from the water. The operator says all six people aboard are presumed dead; the aircraft’s occupants were not located, and the search is concluded.

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  1. Update 1Debris gives searchers a trace of missing air ambulance, but six remain unaccounted for
  2. Update 2Six aboard Nantucket air ambulance presumed dead as Canada leads the inquiry

The story so far

  1. Update 243 hours later

    Six aboard Nantucket air ambulance presumed dead as Canada leads the inquiry

    The Coast Guard has stopped searching and the operator has declared all six lost. What brought the Latitude jet down, and whether its recorders can be raised from about 90 feet of water, is still unknown.

    What moved

    • The TSB announces it is leading the investigation.

    Still open after this report

    • What caused the electrical trouble and the rapid descent, and how far and how fast the aircraft fell.
    • The exact time of last contact, and why the 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. accounts differ.
    • Whether the wreckage, the recorders or any of the six can be recovered from about 90 feet of water.

  2. Update 1

    Debris gives searchers a trace of missing air ambulance, but six remain unaccounted for

    Confirmed aircraft debris changed the search for a Bermuda–Boston medical flight. It has not established the fate of four Canadian crew members, a Bermudian patient or the patient's son.

    Still open after this report

    • The fate of each occupant, the cause of the emergency and the exact circumstances in which the aircraft entered the water remain unestablished.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guardsecurity and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters2 reports
  • 106th Rescue Wingmilitary unit1 report
  • National Transportation Safety BoardUnited States government investigative agency for civil transportation accidents1 report
  • Transportation Safety Board of Canadaagency of the Government of Canada1 report

Places

  • NantucketNantucket, MA, USA2 reports
  • BermudaBermuda1 report
  • BostonBoston, MA, USA1 report
  • Boston Logan International AirportEast Boston, MA 02128, USA1 report
  • HamiltonHamilton, ON, Canada1 report
  • L.F. Wade International Airport3 Cahow Way, St.George's, Bermuda1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

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Who reported what

24 points4 confirmed by two or more outlets7 from a single outlet0 disputed

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Debris field found from the missing aircraftIndependently confirmed6
Nationalities of the six people aboardNot independently confirmed5
Coast Guard search continuing for those aboardIndependently confirmed4
Area searched by crewsNot independently confirmed4
Flight route from Bermuda to BostonNot independently confirmed3
Total number of people aboardIndependently confirmed3
Crew and passenger breakdown aboardNot independently confirmed3
Coast Guard notified around 2 a.m.Not independently confirmed3
Altitude drop recorded in flight dataIndependently confirmed3
Search suspendedNot independently confirmed2
Patient and family member aboardNot independently confirmed2
Pilot declared an emergencyNot independently confirmed2
Black box and investigation statusNot independently confirmed2
Air traffic control audio and signal problemsNot independently confirmed2
Survival chances for those aboardNot independently confirmed2
Aircraft levelled off before disappearingNot independently confirmed2
Operator base locationNot independently confirmed2

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