Wreckage from a missing air ambulance has been found in the deep sea near Bermuda, with six people still missing. The Latitude Air Ambulance was performing a medical evacuation in Bermuda and was on its way back to Boston, Massachusetts, for care. The six missing include four Canadian crew members—two pilots and two medical personnel—and two Bermudian passengers: a patient and their relative traveling to Boston for care.
Search continues after overnight recovery
Despite overnight searches recovering parts of the plane, the search for the six people continues. Flight data shows the aircraft plummeted around 10,000 feet from 25,000 feet just after 1am before vanishing in the storm. Air traffic audio indicates the pilot may have been 'coming in blind' during an electrical failure as a storm loomed ahead.
The pilot declared an emergency as the ambulance approached the coast, according to air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net. A controller can be heard asking the pilot: 'Roger, you said you're coming in blind. Is that what you said?'
Former official comments on the dangers
Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General of the Transportation Department, commented on the incident. She said: 'Something bad happened with this big drop, and they flew into this big storm.' She added: 'It's a terrible place to have a loss of your instruments and be flying blind. It's very easy to get disoriented and not know if you're turning, climbing, descending, etc.'
Search operations continue
The United Cajun Navy, a volunteer coastguard service, said on Sunday night that search and rescue operations have continued through the night off the coast of Massachusetts. They said: 'Newly released air traffic control audio reveals the flight experienced severe electrical failure.' They added: 'Coast Guard cutters, including the fast response cutter William Sparling, alongside specialised aircraft, worked through the darkness scouring the Atlantic south of Nantucket. Please continue to keep these families in your thoughts and prayers. They are enduring an unimaginable waiting period. Keep the Coast Guard crews, maritime pilots, harbor units, and first responders covered in prayer as they push through challenging conditions to bring answers and hope.'
Bermuda Triangle theories addressed
The crash has sparked more theories about another Bermuda Triangle vanishing after a family plane also crashed on the way to Miami, Florida, last month. However, the United Nations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) insists there is no Bermuda Triangle myth, simply probabilities. The NOAA stated: 'The US Navy and US Coast Guard contend that there are no supernatural explanations for disasters at sea. The ocean has always been a mysterious place to humans, and when foul weather or poor navigation is involved, it can be a very deadly place. This is true all over the world. There is no evidence that mysterious disappearances occur with any greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, well-traveled area of the ocean.'
