Six Assumed Deceased Following Air Ambulance Disappearance Near Nantucket
A heartrending chapter in general aviation concluded this week as the U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for six individuals on board a Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 (registration C-GRJP). The aircraft vanished over the Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Saturday, October 3, 2026, during a flight from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport.
On board were four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers — a patient identified as 66-year-old Marilyn Lavonne Bean and her 41-year-old son, Sergio Wayne Lottimore. The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet plummeted from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet around 1:07 a.m. Contact with air traffic control was subsequently lost south of Nantucket.
Search teams, including the Coast Guard HC-144, HC-130 Hercules, MH-60 Jayhawk aircraft, and the cutter William Sparling, covered approximately 4,445 square miles over 66 hours. They eventually located a debris field about 20 miles south of Nantucket, but no survivors were discovered.
“We must now confront the heartbreaking reality that the four members of our Latitude team, our patient and the patient’s family escort… are presumed to have died,” Latitude Air Ambulance stated.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will spearhead the official safety investigation, with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) providing assistance as an accredited representative. The cause of the incident remains undetermined.
Source: Aerospace Global News – Six presumed dead after Gulfstream G100 air ambulance crash