Bermuda Police Service has identified two Bermudian nationals onboard the plane whose debris was found by the Coast Guard off the coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island over the weekend.
Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and her son Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, were both onboard the plane, which went missing shortly after 1 a.m. ET on Saturday, according to the police service.
The search for a medical transport plane was suspended on Sunday the U.S. Coast Guard announced, after announcing Saturday it had located a debris field from the lost aircraft off the coast of Nantucket Island.
“Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” Rear Admiral Matthew Lake, Commander of the Northeast District, said in a statement included in a release announcing the update on Sunday. “We express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones affected by the tragedy and our gratitude for our partner agencies who helped support search efforts.”
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will lead the investigation into the incident, the agency announced in a release on Monday.
“The aircraft departed Bermuda with six occupants and was approaching the Boston area when the crew reported electrical difficulties. The aircraft subsequently descended rapidly and contact with air traffic control was lost south of Nantucket,” the release read.
“Pursuant to international agreements, the investigation shall be conducted by the State of registry, which is Canada. The TSB will be assisted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as accredited representatives, and in the coming days will deploy investigators to assist in the search and recovery of the aircraft,” the release read.
Lake said at a Sunday news conference the search began around 2 a.m. on Saturday when the Coast Guard was notified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that air traffic controllers had lost contact with the aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 twin-engine jet.
The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search Saturday for six people aboard a missing medical transport aircraft after search crews located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket.
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The plane was flying from Bermuda to Boston at the time it vanished, officials said.
Lake confirmed that the debris field, located about 20 miles off the Nantucket coast, is linked to the missing jet, which was carrying four Canadians and two Bermudans.
A Gulfstream G100 Astra SPX aircraft operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, lands at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium, March 21, 2026.
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Crews have searched about 2,840 square miles over 53 hours, Lake said at Sunday’s news conference. A black box has not been recovered at this time, he said.
The debris field is about 80 to 90 feet deep, Lake said. Officials said that the weather has thus far been favorable for the search.
The Bermuda Skyport Corporation, which operates LF Wade International Airport, said in a statement that the Canadian-registered plane took off from the airport with four crew members and two passengers at around 12:41 a.m. on Saturday.
The air ambulance jet was in contact with New York controllers when it declared an emergency, according to air traffic audio obtained by ABC News.
The controller was having trouble hearing the pilots and asked them to repeat their messages, including altitude, several times, according to the audio.
When the air ambulance stopped responding, the controller had a nearby Ethiopian Airlines jet try and reach them, but there was still no response, according to the audio.
File photo of a United States Coast Guard rescue helicopter flying over the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, Mass.
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Throughout the day Saturday, the Coast Guard used air and sea vehicles to search around Nantucket, the agency said.
The agency said in an update Saturday night the Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling would continue the search efforts through the night.
Officials believe the plane rapidly descended 7,500 feet before hitting the water, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News.
ABC News’ Luke Barr and Sam Sweeney contributed to this report.
