Medical plane carrying 6 vanishes off Massachusetts coast

US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane vanished off Massachusetts while en route from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday.

• The FAA said it lost contact with the aircraft just after 1:00 local time and issued a search and rescue notice.
• The Coast Guard's Northeast District reported an air and water search is underway off the coast of Nantucket.
• FlightAware data shows the aircraft dropped from roughly 7,300 meters to 3,300 meters before communications went dark.
• The Gulfstream G-100, operated by Latitude Air Ambulances, departed Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport at 23:40 destined for Boston.
• The pilot declared an emergency before the aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers.
• Canadian Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said four of the six on board were Canadian.
• The Canadian-registered medical aircraft carried four crew members and two passengers on the flight.
• The US Coast Guard announced it had located a debris field during the search for the missing air ambulance.
• Officials said four Canadians and two Bermuda citizens were aboard, and their families have been notified.