4 Canadians aboard missing Ontario-based air ambulance flying from Bermuda to Boston
The Hamilton-based Gulfstream G100 air ambulance jet C-GRJP went missing early Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. (Latitude Air Ambulance)The LatestThe U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for an air ambulance that went missing around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and is operated by an Ontario company. The Gulfstream G100 jet lost contact overnight as it was flying from Bermuda to Boston, according to Latitude Air Ambulance's director of flight operations. Six people were on board, including two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical workers, one patient and the patient's relative. U.S. Coast Guard air and surface crews are conducting searches off Nantucket, Mass.The aircraft had flown from Hamilton, Ont., where Latitude Air Ambulance is based, to Bermuda on Friday evening before departing for Boston. UpdatesLatest firstLatest firstLatestView timelineTimelineOctober 314 minutes agoTransport minister says Canada working with 'relevant authorities'Sarah PetzMinister of Transport Steven MacKinnon during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 22. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Canada's Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said in a post on X that he and his department are closely monitoring the situation and working with "relevant authorities" as search and rescue efforts continue.
MacKinnon also extended his thoughts to the six people on board the missing aircraft, as well as their families and loved ones "during this incredibly difficult time."
A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada told CBC News it is gathering information on the incident but couldn't comment further.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for an Ontario-based air ambulance jet that has gone missing with six people on board while flying from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday.
The Gulfstream G100 jet with tail number C-GRJP is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, a Hamilton-based air ambulance provider, according to the tracking website Flightradar24.
The company lost contact with the jet around 1:30 a.m.today, said Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude. The U.S. Coast Guard's northeast division said the Federal Aviation Administration also reported losing contact with the jet in the early hours of Saturday.
There were two pilots and two medical staff — all of whom are Canadian — on board. A patient and their relative were also on board. They are not Canadian and were picked up in Bermuda, Togeretz told CBC.
Togeretz said they are staying optimistic that everyone will be safely found.
Air and surface teams are searching for the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket, Mass., the U.S. Coast Guard's northeast division said in a social media post.
The jet's last trip was from Hamilton to the North Atlantic island of Bermuda on Friday evening, according to flight history on Flightradar24. Before Friday and Saturday's flights, the jet had flown within Canada over the past week.
CBC News has contacted federal and provincial authorities for more information about the aircraft.
