Six people have been identified after a medical transport jet vanished during a flight, with the search for those on board now called off.
The Gulfstream G100 was traveling from Bermuda to Boston on Oct. 3 when it lost contact with air traffic controllers at around 2 a.m. The aircraft was carrying four Canadian air ambulance crew members along with a 66-year-old woman and her 41-year-old son, who were traveling for medical care after the woman suffered a stroke.
The six people were identified as Captain Philip Gregory Childerhose, First Officer Thomas Henry Farquhar, flight nurse Sarah Jane Paton, respiratory therapist Jolene Beth Weir, Marilyn Lavonne Bean and her son, Sergio Wayne Lottimore. Latitude Air Ambulance said its crew had been carrying out their mission of caring for patients when the aircraft disappeared.
A civilian vessel later found debris in the water associated with the aircraft. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted an extensive search covering about 4,445 square miles over approximately 66 hours before suspending the operation on Oct. 4.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is leading the investigation into what happened to the aircraft. U.S., Canadian and Bermudian authorities are coordinating on the case as families mourn the six people who were aboard.
The medical jet vanished near Nantucket, Massachusetts, while traveling to Boston.