一架载有六人的医疗转运飞机在美国海岸附近失联失踪，当时该机正从百慕大飞往波士顿，促使海岸警卫队在南塔基特附近展开空海搜救，据《纽约邮报》报道。
A medical transfer aircraft carrying six people has disappeared off the US coast after losing contact while flying from Bermuda to Boston, prompting the Coast Guard to launch an air and sea search near Nantucket, New York Post reported.
据联邦航空管理局和美国海岸警卫队称，这架湾流G100于美国东部时间10月3日星期六凌晨从百慕大L.F.韦德国际机场起飞，原定飞往波士顿洛根国际机场，途中失联。
The Gulfstream G100 was operating from L F Wade International Airport in Bermuda to Boston Logan International Airport when contact was lost early Saturday, October 3, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the US Coast Guard.
该飞机于美国东部时间凌晨12:41起飞，原定于凌晨1:25抵达波士顿。
据FlightAware数据显示，该飞机原在23,500英尺高度飞行，于凌晨1:04左右仅用三分钟就骤降至11,000英尺。
其最后一次雷达信号记录于凌晨1:23，距离原定抵达波士顿时间不久。
The aircraft took off at 12:41 am (ET) and was scheduled to land in Boston at 1:25 am (ET).According to FlightAware data, the aircraft was flying at 23,500 feet before plunging to 11,000 feet in just three minutes from around 1:04 am (ET).Its final radar ping was recorded at 1:23 am (ET), shortly before its scheduled arrival in Boston.
联邦航空管理局于10月3日星期六凌晨1:20左右针对这架湾流G100发布了搜救警报通知。
The FAA issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice for the Gulfstream G100 at around 1:20 am local time on Saturday, October 3."
联邦航空管理局发言人表示：“该航班从百慕大L.F.韦德国际机场起飞，目的地为波士顿洛根国际机场。机上共有六人。”
The flight departed from L F Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was headed to Boston Logan International Airport. Six people were on board," an FAA spokesperson said.
联邦航空管理局正与救援协调中心和美国海岸警卫队协调寻找该飞机。
The FAA is coordinating with the Rescue Coordination Center and the US Coast Guard to locate the aircraft.
海岸警卫队于美国东部时间凌晨2点左右接到联邦航空管理局通报。
目前搜索区域位于南塔基特近海，海岸警卫队飞机和船只正在该区域作业。
The Coast Guard was alerted by the FAA at approximately 2 am (ET).The current search area is offshore of Nantucket, where Coast Guard aircraft and vessels are operating.
据FlightRadar24显示，两架海岸警卫队飞机正在南塔基特以南进行搜索。
Two Coast Guard aircraft were conducting a search just south of Nantucket, according to FlightRadar24.
海岸警卫队表示，其响应力量包括来自科德角航空站的HC-144和MH-60飞机、来自布兰特角站的47英尺救生艇，以及来自“威廉·斯帕林”号的快速响应艇。“目前搜索区域位于南塔基特近海。
The Coast Guard said its response includes HC-144 and MH-60 aircraft from Air Station Cape Cod, a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Brant Point and a Fast Response Cutter from the USCGC William Sparling." The current search area is offshore of Nantucket.
海岸警卫队、空中和水面搜救队正在积极开展搜救行动，该机构表示。
Coast Guard, air and surface crews are actively responding," the agency said.
海岸警卫队表示搜救将继续进行，并将在获得更多信息后予以发布。
The Coast Guard said the search would continue and that further information would be provided as it becomes available.
飞机失踪的相关情况，包括最后一次雷达联络前高度骤降的原因，仍在调查中。
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The circumstances surrounding the aircraft's disappearance, including the reason for the sharp drop in altitude before the final radar contact, remain under investigation.- Ends