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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

Search continues for plane that went missing between Boston and Bermuda

  • A search is underway off the coast of Massachusetts for a missing Canadian-registered air ambulance carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston.
  • Search crews discovered a debris field off Nantucket and are deploying sonar to search the seabed across a 2,840-square-mile area.
  • Four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals were on board the Gulfstream G100 jet when air traffic control lost contact on Saturday morning.
  • Air traffic audio revealed the pilot reported electrical failure and declared an emergency whilst heading into a storm prior to a sharp descent.
  • US Coast Guard crews and local authorities are continuing surface and underwater searches whilst keeping the families of those on board updated.

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Crews search seabed in desperate hunt for plane that went missing between Bermuda and Boston

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