The search for the plane is being conducted near Nantucket, an island off the coast of the US state of Massachusetts US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane bound for Boston, Massachusetts, went missing early Saturday morning.♪

对这架飞机的搜寻工作正在美国马萨诸塞州海岸附近的楠塔基特岛附近进行 周六凌晨，一架飞往马萨诸塞州波士顿的医疗飞机失踪，美国当局正在寻找六人。

The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search-and-rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT).♪

美国联邦航空管理局告诉 BBC，它与湾流 G-100 飞机失去了联系，并在当地时间 1:00（格林威治标准时间 6:00）刚过就发布了搜救通知。

An air and water search is underway off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island, according to the US Coast Guard's Northeast District.♪

据美国海岸警卫队东北区称，马萨诸塞州楠塔基特岛海岸正在进行空中和水上搜索。

The plane departed from Bermuda's L.F.♪

这架飞机从百慕大的 L.F. 起飞。

Wade International Airport at 23:40 local time, according to flight data from FlightAware, and was slated to land at Boston's Logan International at 1:30 EDT (6:30 GMT).♪ According to the tail number released by the Coast Guard, the plane belonged to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that provides international medical flights for patients returning home.♪

根据 FlightAware 的航班数据，于当地时间 23:40 飞往韦德国际机场，原定于美国东部时间 1:30（格林尼治标准时间 6:30）降落在波士顿洛根国际机场。 根据海岸警卫队公布的尾号，这架飞机属于Latitude Air Ambulances公司，该公司为回国的患者提供国际医疗航班。

Among those on board were two pilots and two medical staff, both Canadian, Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude, told CBC News.♪

Latitude 飞行运营总监克拉伦斯·托格雷茨 (Clarence Togeretz) 告诉 CBC 新闻，机上人员包括两名飞行员和两名医务人员，均为加拿大人。

The crew flew to Bermuda to collect a patient and their relative, who are not Canadian, Togeretz said.♪

托格雷茨说，机组人员飞往百慕大去接一名患者及其亲属，他们不是加拿大人。

FlightAware's tracker shows the aircraft significantly dropped in altitude before its communications went dark, plummeting from around 7,300m (24,000ft) to 3,300m (11,000ft).♪

FlightAware 的跟踪器显示，在通信中断之前，飞机的高度大幅下降，从约 7,300m（24,000 英尺）骤降至 3,300m（11,000 英尺）。