US Coast Guard halts search for six aboard Gulfstream missing off Nantucket
In short
The US Coast Guard has stopped searching for six people who were on board a Gulfstream G100 that went missing off Nantucket, saying the search lasted about 66 hours and covered more than 4,400 miles of coastline. Debris from the aircraft was found the day before. The plane, owned by the airline Latitude, was on a medical flight from Bermuda to Boston with four Canadian citizens and two citizens of Bermuda on board, according to Kommersant.
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The US Coast Guard has halted the search for six people who were on board a Gulfstream G100 that went missing off Nantucket, the agency's press service said, according to Kommersant. The Coast Guard called stopping the search “a difficult decision” and said it had notified the close relatives of those missing, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
The search lasted approximately 66 hours, TASS reported. Kommersant, citing the Coast Guard press service, said Coast Guard teams and staff of other organisations surveyed more than 4,400 miles of coastline during that period, using aircraft, helicopters, boats and launches. The Coast Guard said its teams and those of other organisations took part in the effort. [ 1 , 3 ]
Search teams had found debris from the aircraft the day before the search was called off, Kommersant reported. The plane, owned by the airline Latitude, was operating a medical flight from Bermuda to Boston, the outlet said. [ 3 ]
The Gulfstream G100 disappeared from radar on 3 October at about 02:00 local time, or 09:00 Moscow time, according to Kommersant. A sharp descent was recorded before the aircraft left radar: its altitude fell from 7.1 km to 3.3 km in three minutes, the outlet reported. Four Canadian citizens and two citizens of Bermuda were on board, it said. [ 3 ]
TASS reported that rescue services had searched for the missing for approximately 66 hours, and RIA Novosti reported that the Coast Guard had suspended the search. Neither summary gave details of the aircraft, its route or those on board. [ 1 , 2 ]
The documents do not state the cause of the descent or the fate of the people who were on the plane, and no survivors or casualties have been reported. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The decision ends the active search for the six people aboard, with no word in the documents on survivors or casualties. Because those on board included Canadian and Bermudian citizens and the flight was a medical one, the case involves several countries, though the documents carry no reaction from their authorities.
Key facts
- The US Coast Guard halted the search for six people who were on board a Gulfstream G100 that went missing off Nantucket. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The search lasted approximately 66 hours and covered more than 4,400 miles of coastline. [ 1 , 3 ]
- Aircraft, helicopters, boats and launches were used in the search, according to Kommersant, citing the Coast Guard press service. [ 3 ]
- The Coast Guard called stopping the search “a difficult decision” and said it had notified the close relatives of those missing. [ 3 ]
- Search teams found debris from the aircraft the day before the search was called off. [ 3 ]
- The aircraft, owned by the airline Latitude, was operating a medical flight from Bermuda to Boston. [ 3 ]
- The Gulfstream G100 disappeared from radar on 3 October at about 02:00 local time (09:00 Moscow time) after descending from 7.1 km to 3.3 km in three minutes. [ 3 ]
- Four Canadian citizens and two citizens of Bermuda were on board, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- The fate of the six people who were on board. The documents do not say whether anyone survived or whether any bodies were recovered; no casualties are reported.
- The cause of the aircraft's descent and disappearance. No document gives a cause; Kommersant reports only that a sharp descent was recorded before the plane left radar.
- The nationalities of those on board (four Canadians and two Bermuda citizens). This detail appears in only one document, Kommersant.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- The Gulfstream G100, flying a medical flight from Bermuda to Boston, disappears from radar; it had descended from 7.1 km to 3.3 km in three minutes (09:00 Moscow time). [ 3 ]
- TASS reports that the United States has stopped searching for six passengers of the aircraft missing near Nantucket, saying rescue services had searched for about 66 hours. [ 1 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that the US Coast Guard has suspended the search for the passengers of the missing aircraft. [ 2 ]
- Kommersant reports, citing the Coast Guard press service, that the search was halted, with more than 4,400 miles of coastline surveyed over 66 hours. [ 3 ]