U.S. Coast Guard searching for Ontario air ambulance missing off Nantucket coast

Open this photo in gallery:A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies in South Bend, Ind., in September, 2024. The U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for a missing plane off the coast of Nantucket.Michael Caterina/The Associated PressThe U.S. Coast Guard says an Ontario air ambulance carrying six peoplehas gone missing.In a social media post, the agency says the Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane early Saturday as it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston.The coast guard says it has launched a search mission off the coast of Nantucket, an island in Massachusetts.The aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 jet, is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, according to the website Flightradar24.The company is based in Hamilton, Ont., and offers emergency medical transportation by plane worldwide, according to its website.Ontario’s air ambulance service provider Ornge reacted to the news of the missing plane Saturday, writing in a social media post that it hopes “the aircraft and all passengers are located safely and quickly.”More to come