A Latitude Air Ambulance jet flying from Bermuda to Boston disappeared near Nantucket, Mass., in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, and the company now says all six people on board are presumed dead. The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search on Sunday, Oct. 4, after about 66 hours over roughly 4,445 square miles of ocean.
Rear Adm. Matthew Lake, who leads the Coast Guard’s Northeast District, announced the decision in a statement. “Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” he said, offering condolences to the families and thanks to the partner agencies that joined the effort. Searchers had spotted debris on Saturday night, about 20 miles south of Nantucket, and the Coast Guard linked it to the jet. On Monday, Oct. 5, it said a civilian vessel had also found debris.
The Six Aboard
On Monday, Oct. 5, the Coast Guard released the names of everyone on the Gulfstream G100, known as Heartbeat 104 Medevac, and said relatives had been informed. Latitude, based in Hamilton, Ontario, described the four Canadian crew members: Captain Philip Gregory Childerhose, First Officer Thomas Henry Farquhar, flight nurse Sarah Jane Paton and respiratory therapist Jolene Beth Weir.
The passengers were Bermudians Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, who was heading to Boston for stroke-related treatment, and her son, Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, who was travelling with her. Lottimore was a senior vice president and head of specialty reinsurance at Hamilton Re in Bermuda. “The entire Hamilton team is heartbroken by the loss of a respected leader, colleague and friend,” the firm said.
Latitude said it presumes all six dead. “Our four crew members were valued members of the Latitude family,” it said, and company president Peter Byl added that the focus was “supporting their families, supporting our people and assisting the authorities.” Bermuda Premier David Burt said: “While we held out hope for the best, the worst fears have been realized.”
Minutes Before the Jet Vanished
The jet left Bermuda at 11:41 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Oct. 2. At about 12:46 a.m., a controller can be heard on air traffic recordings asking the pilot, “You’re coming in blind? Is that what you said?” Asked whether he was declaring an emergency, the pilot gave an answer that could not be made out. Audio on LiveATC.net also had him reporting electrical trouble on the way in.
FlightAware data showed a steep drop starting around 1:04 a.m., from roughly 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet in about three minutes. At around 1:12 a.m., a Massport Fire Rescue dispatcher told crews the aircraft, due in Boston in about 15 minutes, had lost radio and radar. The FAA sent a search-and-rescue alert at about 1:20 a.m. and notified the Coast Guard around 2 a.m.
What Investigators Know
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is leading the investigation, assisted by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. It said the crew reported electrical problems near Boston before the jet plunged and dropped off radar. The cause is unknown, and no report has said that the wreckage or flight recorders have been recovered.
