星期日，当局拒绝对星期六上午一架医疗撤离飞机在楠塔基特岛近海坠毁的原因作任何推测，搜救人员仍在寻找6名失踪乘客。美国海岸警卫队东北区司令、海军少将马特·莱克星期日在新闻发布会上说，海岸警卫队搜救人员、马萨诸塞州当局和纽约国民警卫队空中救援队在53个多小时内搜索了约2840平方英里。莱克说：“这是一个面积广大、搜索难度较高的区域。我们的搜救人员正在使用固定翼飞机、直升机、小艇和巡逻舰搜索该区域。”
Authorities on Sunday declined to speculate on what caused a medical evacuation jet to crash off the coast of Nantucket on Saturday morning, as crews continue to search for the six missing passengers. Rear Adm. Matt Lake, commander of the Coast Guard’s Northeast District, said at a news conference Sunday that Coast Guard crews, Massachusetts authorities and the New York National Guard’s air rescue wing have searched roughly 2,840 square miles over more than 53 hours. “This is a large and demanding search area. Our crews are employing fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters to search the area,” Lake said.
他补充说，当局希望使用声呐搜索海床。他拒绝说明任务是否已从搜救转为搜Recover遗体，这意味着不再预期有幸存者。他还以“出于对家属和近亲的尊重”为由，拒绝透露乘客的姓名或年龄。美国海岸警卫队于星期六上午启动搜索，并在当天晚些时候于马萨诸塞州楠塔基特岛近海约20英里处发现一片残骸散落区。星期六凌晨，这架飞机从百慕大飞往波士顿途中，空管人员与它失去联系。
He added that authorities hope to use sonar to search the seabed. He declined to say whether the mission had shifted from rescue to recovery, which would mean no survivors are expected. He also declined to provide the passengers’ names or ages “out of respect to the families and next of kin.”The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search Saturday morning and found a debris field approximately 20 miles off the coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket island later that day. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the jet early Saturday as it flew from Bermuda to Boston.
据全国广播公司获得的录音，一名空管人员询问机组是否宣布进入紧急状态并准备“盲降”。机上有6人，包括4名加拿大人和2名百慕大人。一名知情人士告诉全国广播公司，两名百慕大乘客是一名患者和患者的儿子。百慕大政府星期六表示，已与机上人员的家属取得联系。海岸警卫队表示，已通知遇难者的近亲。据实时追踪航班的网站FlightAware提供的数据，这次飞行原计划持续不到2小时。
One controller asked the crew whether it was declaring an emergency and “coming in blind,” according to audio obtained by NBC News. The six people on board were four Canadians and two Bermudians. A source familiar with the matter told NBC News the Bermudians were a patient and the patient’s son. The Bermudian government said Saturday that it was in contact with the families of those on board. The Coast Guard said it had notified next of kin. The flight was scheduled to last less than two hours, according to data from FlightAware, a site that tracks flights in real time.
飞机于凌晨12时40分左右从百慕大拉·F·韦德国际机场起飞，原定于凌晨1时30分前降落在波士顿洛根国际机场。
The jet took off from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda at about 12:40 a.m. and was due to land at Boston Logan International Airport just before 1:30 a.m.
百慕大是英国在北大西洋的海外领地，距波士顿约775英里。凌晨1点05分左右，FlightAware网站显示，一架喷气式飞机在大西洋上空从24,000英尺高度下降至11,000英尺。这架飞机由总部位于加拿大安大略省的医疗撤离公司Latitude Air Ambulance运营，该公司为患病或受伤患者安排私人航班。该公司网站称，典型航班通常配备两名飞行员和两名医疗机组人员，并搭载一名患者和一名陪同人员。
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic, about 775 miles from Boston. At around 1:05 a.m., FlightAware shows the jet dropping from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. The plane was operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, an Ontario, Canada-based medical evacuation company that arranges private flights for sick or injured patients. According to the company’s website, a typical flight is staffed by two pilots and two medical crew members and carries a patient and an escort.
周六坠毁的格斯特姆喷气式飞机配备了全套重症监护室医疗设备和用品。莱克周日表示，调查人员可能会尝试寻找飞机的飞行记录器系统，即“黑匣子”，该系统用于保存坠机后的证据。莱克说：“目前没有迹象表明我们找到了黑匣子。不过，这仍然非常困难，因为残骸分布范围很广。”
The Gulfstream jet that crashed Saturday was equipped to carry full ICU medical equipment and supplies. Lake said Sunday that investigators would likely try to locate the plane’s flight recorder system, or “black box,” which is designed to preserve evidence after a crash. “There’s no indications that we found a black box. But again, it’s very difficult because that debris is extensive,” Lake said.