一架医疗运输机在周六凌晨于马萨诸塞州海岸外的楠塔基特岛附近失联，此前它正从百慕大飞往波士顿。
Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact near the Massachusetts island. A medical transport plane lost contact near Nantucket, off the coast Massachusetts, in the early hours of Saturday, prompting a continuing federal and state search to find the aircraft and the six people who were on board.
失联后，联邦和州政府立即启动了持续的搜救行动，以寻找该飞机及机上六人。飞机失踪数小时后，搜救人员发现了一片残骸区。
A debris field was located hours after the plane went missing.
这架湾流G100飞机于美国东部时间凌晨1点刚过与联邦航空管理局（FAA）失去联系。机上载有四名加拿大公民和两名百慕大国民。
The plane, a Gulfstream G100, lost communication with the Federal Aviation Administration just after 1 a.m. Eastern time. It was traveling from Bermuda, the British territory off the coast of North Carolina, to Boston.
以下是已知情况：根据FlightAware网站的数据，该飞机于周五美国东部时间晚上11:41从百慕大唯一的机场（位于圣大卫岛）起飞。
There were four Canadian citizens and two Bermudian nationals on board. Here’s what we know: What Happened The plane took off from Bermuda’s lone airport, on St. David’s Island, at 11:41 p.m.
飞行数据显示，这架空中救护车在失联前一直保持在24,000英尺的高度飞行，但在凌晨1:05左右突然下坠数千英尺。
Eastern time on Friday, according to data from the website FlightAware. Flight data shows that the air ambulance was flying consistently at an altitude of 24,000 feet before it plummeted several thousand feet around 1:05 a.m.
FAA于凌晨1:20左右与飞机失去联系并发出警报，随即启动了由海岸警卫队、马萨诸塞州当局和纽约州空军国民警卫队参与的搜救行动。
The F.A.A. lost contact with the plane and issued an alert around 1:20 a.m., activating search operations from the Coast Guard, the Massachusetts authorities and the New York Air National Guard.
据其网站介绍，这架失踪飞机由总部位于安大略省的医疗撤离公司Latitude Air Ambulance运营，该公司提供将患者送往医院及遣返服务。
The missing plane was operated by an Ontario-based medical evacuation company, Latitude Air Ambulance, which flies people to hospitals and offers repatriation services, according to its website.