The U.S. Coast Guard is still searching for the six people who were on Latitude Air Ambulance jet that went missing early Saturday morning.
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Authorities held a press conference on Sunday morning giving an update on the debris found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket where the jet went missing and said their search and rescue efforts are continuing.
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“At this point, we are still conducting a search for the missing personnel,” said Rear Admiral Matt Lake.
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“I want you to know that my thoughts, and those of every Coast Guard crew member, are with the families on that aircraft, are with people on that air craft.
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The press conference was held at Coast Guard Base Boston, where officials detailed the ongoing search efforts and refused to say when the search and rescue would end, or turn into a recovery effort.
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The missing Gulfstream G100 jet C-GRJP, operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, was travelling from Bermuda to Boston carrying two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and a family escort.
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The coast guard said that next of kin had been notified of the search efforts.
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The Coast Guard said they had covered 7,355 square kilometres over the 53 hour search period, and were looking for survivors.
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Lake said the depth of the water where the debris field was found was approximately 80 to 90 feet.
“We’re in the process of working with Massachusetts authorities to get some craft out there that are equipped with sonar to be able to do some detection on the seabed floor,” said Lake.
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Officials said that the debris had been found has been secured for further investigation, but at this point, the jet’s black box recorder had not been recovered.
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Lake would not give any further information about the crew or passengers.
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On Saturday evening, the Coast Guard confirmed it found debris from the plane.
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The search involved several planes, helicopters and lifeboats.
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The U.S. National Guard also provided a plane and two helicopters.
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“Coast Guard search crews located a debris field that has been confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft.
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Crews are continuing to search for the six people who were aboard the aircraft and the Coast Guard cutter William Sparling will continue search efforts throughout the night,” they said in a release.
“We’re dealing with a lot here at home base and working closely with the families of the crews, so need some space and privacy right now,” said Clarence Togeretz, Latitude Air Ambulance’s operation manager, via email on Sunday morning.
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Many of Latitude’s staff rushed to the office on Saturday, when they heard of the incident, working through the night, hoping for the best for as the search continued for their lost colleagues.
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The flight had the call sign “Heartbeat 104,” which left Bermuda at 11:42 p.m. Friday, reported apparent problems at 12:46 a.m. Saturday as they approached Nantucket, telling air traffic control they were “coming in blind,” according to audio posted online.
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“Roger, you said you’re coming in blind, is that what you said?” a New York-based air traffic controller asks, according to recordings from the website liveatc.net.
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“Are you declaring an emergency or no?”
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The flight lost contact around 1:30 a.m., on Saturday morning, about 20 minutes outside its destination, Boston Logan International Airport.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration also lost contact with the flight early Saturday morning.
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After its departure from Bermuda, Flight Aware data shows the plane climbing for 10 minutes to 24,000 feet, at 11:51 p.m., and remaining at that altitude until 1:04 a.m. The jet then apparently descends over several minutes to 11,000 feet and continues there until it disappears.
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During the search, Flight tracking showed US Coast Guard planes conducting search patterns and then repeatedly circling over certain areas in the ocean.
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