00:00Roger, you said you're coming in blind, is that he said?
00:02Okay, you declare an emergency or no?
00:04The aircraft had six people on board.
00:06During the search, Coast Guard crews were successfully able to locate a debris field
00:10that's been now determined to be associated with the Mischling aircraft.
00:14Tragedy struck just off the coast of Nantucket on Saturday,
00:17after air traffic controllers became aware that a Boston-bound medical plane jetting off from Bermuda
00:22had suddenly disappeared off radar screens.
00:25The Gulfstream G100 left Bermuda Saturday at 12.41 a.m.
00:30and plummeted more than 10,000 feet,
00:32before losing contact with the Federal Aviation Administration at around 1.20 a.m.
00:38when the agency issued a search and rescue alert notice.
00:41The pilot of the doomed aircraft, which was carrying six people, declared an emergency at 12.46 a.m.
00:48But new, chilling ATC audio and a grim discovery by U.S. Coast Guard personnel
00:52might shed some light on what transpired.
00:55In chilling new ATC audio, controllers were struggling to hear the plane's pilot
01:00who was attempting to declare an emergency.
01:03Roger, you said you're coming in blind, is that he said?
01:06Okay, you're declaring an emergency or no?
01:09Okay, you're coming in a little weak, so you're coming, um...
01:13I didn't hear what your response was if you were declaring an emergency or no.
01:16The New York air traffic controller in the audio eventually understood that the Gulfstream was declaring an emergency
01:22and asked the pilot of a separate plane if the medical aircraft was visible on its anti-collision system.
01:28But the pilot said it was not.
01:30Can you look on your, um...
01:34Um...
01:34Seacast to see if there's an aircraft out there at, what, about 240?
01:39Yeah, the 515, uh...
01:41It only goes 9,900 feet, uh...
01:45So, uh, 240 is, uh...
01:48Uh, yeah.
01:49Okay, no problem, thank you.
01:50A fire rescue dispatcher also called emergency crews at around 1 a.m. to prepare for the plane,
01:57which was set to land in 15 minutes with an electrical issue.
02:00Tentional company is the Tentional company.
02:02Fire alarm dispatching all apparatus for an alert to the latitude air ambulance.
02:07Flight number is Hotel Tango Tango 104, about 15 minutes out with an electrical issue.
02:14We'll be landing runway 33 left.
02:17But the plane never arrived.
02:18According to flight-aware data, right before vanishing,
02:22the missing aircraft reportedly plummeted a shocking 13,000 feet in just three minutes.
02:27The U.S. Coast Guard quickly gathered resources to organize a massive search effort to find the plane and its
02:33passengers,
02:34identified by officials as four Canadians, including two medical personnel and two pilots,
02:40and two Bermuda natives, a patient and their relative who were identified by Bermuda officials
02:45as 66-year-old Marilyn Lavon Bean and her 41-year-old son, Sergio Wayne Lattimore.
02:51The Bermuda government confirmed the missing plane, with the country's premier, David Burt, writing in a statement on X,
02:57My thoughts are with everyone on board and their families during this deeply worrying time.
03:03We are praying that all six people will be found safe, and we thank the search and rescue crews for
03:08their continuing efforts.
03:09Canada's Minister of Transport Stephen McKinnon also wrote on X that he was working with the relevant authorities as search
03:16and rescue efforts continue.
03:17And it appears the U.S. Coast Guard was making significant ground in the search,
03:21when on Saturday night they confirmed to have found a debris field from the air ambulance floating in the ocean.
03:26A USCG spokesperson told the Post Saturday night that crews from the Boston-based Coast Guard cutter,
03:33William Sparling, had rushed to the scene off the coast of Massachusetts,
03:36and were sifting through wreckage to identify parts of the downed medical transport plane.
03:42Officials said the debris field, which was discovered around 20 miles off Nantucket,
03:46spanned roughly 80 to 90 feet, and that efforts were being made to find the plane's black box.
03:51Because of the amount of debris, it's very difficult to get into the details of what's there,
03:59but right now we're really just focused on finding the people.
04:01But despite the debris field discovery, Coast Guard officials made the heartbreaking call to suspend search operations
04:07after probing more than 4,400 miles for more than 65 hours.
04:13Suspending a search is not an easy decision, said Rear Admiral Matthew Lake in a statement.
04:18We express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones affected by the tragedy
04:22and our gratitude for our partner agencies who help support search efforts.
04:26The Canadians on the flight have not yet been publicly identified pending next of kin notifications.
04:32The National Transit Safety Review Board told the Post it is, quote,
04:36currently gathering information on the incident.
