Debris from a Gulfstream G100 operated by Canadian medical transport company Latitude Air Ambulance has been found south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, after the jet disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean with six people aboard.
The Canadian-registered aircraft, C-GRJP, was operating a medical transport flight from Bermuda to Boston when contact was lost early on October 3.
The G100 departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda at approximately 12:41 a.m. carrying two pilots, two medical crew members, a patient and a companion. The pilots and medical personnel were Canadian, while the patient and companion were from Bermuda.
According to preliminary information, the G100 was flying at around 24,000 ft when its crew reported electrical problems and declared an emergency.
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Radio communications subsequently deteriorated. During one exchange, an air traffic controller attempted to confirm whether the pilot had reported that the aircraft was “coming in blind.”
Controllers eventually lost communication with C-GRJP. A nearby Ethiopian Airlines aircraft was asked to attempt radio contact with the G100 but received no response.
Rapid descent preceded disappearance
Flight-tracking data showed the aircraft entering a rapid descent after the emergency was declared. AirNav Radar lists flight HTT104 as having landed in Newport, Rhode Island, but its own recorded track ends over the Atlantic and shows a sharp loss of altitude shortly before tracking data ceased. The U.S. Coast Guard subsequently confirmed that debris from C-GRJP was found south of Nantucket.
Available preliminary data indicate that the G100 descended from around 24,000 ft before tracking information was lost. Different flight-tracking sources have reported variations in the final altitude and descent profile.
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Weather conditions in the area were also poor, but investigators have not established whether weather played a role in the accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a search-and-rescue alert at approximately 1:20 a.m., triggering a large operation over the Atlantic south of Nantucket.
Aircraft, helicopters and vessels were deployed to search for the missing jet and its occupants.
The U.S. Coast Guard said crews subsequently located a debris field and confirmed that it came from the missing G100.
Search continues for six people
The Coast Guard said its crews searched approximately 1,644 square miles during the first 27 hours of the operation.
The cutter William Sparling remained involved in the search as efforts continued to locate the six people who were aboard the aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board is gathering information about the accident. No probable cause or sequence of failures has been established.
The crew's report of an electrical problem and the subsequent deterioration in communications are among the circumstances investigators are expected to examine, along with the aircraft's rapid descent and weather conditions along the route.
C-GRJP was manufactured in 1996 and had been registered to Latitude Air Ambulance since 2018.
The Gulfstream G100 is a twin-engine business jet derived from the Israeli-developed Astra family. Latitude uses the type for long-range medical transportation and operates several G100s alongside other business and regional aircraft configured for air ambulance missions.
