The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of six passengers and crew aboard an air ambulance that crashed in waters off Massachusetts after departing Bermuda for Boston.
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The United States Coast Guard has identified six passengers and crew members aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston.
Bermuda police said earlier Monday that the two Bermudian nationals aboard a Gulfstream G100 were Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, when the aircraft went missing off Nantucket shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday.
The Coast Guard later identified the Canadians aboard as Philip Gregory Childerhose, Thomas Henry Farquhar, Sarah Jane Paton and Jolene Beth Weir.
Searchers later found a debris field off the coast of the island, but with no sign of the six people on board after a 66-hour search covering more than 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometres), the U.S. Coast Guard suspended rescue efforts Sunday.
Bermuda Premier David Burt said in a statement that the “worst fears have been realized” while families attempt to deal with the loss.
Latitude Air Ambulance, the Ontario-based company that owned the plane, said Sunday that its four crew members are now presumed dead, even though they have not been officially declared dead.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said Monday it will send investigators in the coming days to assist in the search for and recovery of the aircraft, and that it is leading the investigation with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
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