Canadian Air Ambulance missing off US coast

[dapaterson]

A Gulfstream G-100 Air Ambulance out of Hamilton, ferrying a patient from Bermuda to Boston, is missing off the US coast. Two pilots, two medical staff, the patient and a family member are all missing.

Ontario-based air ambulance carrying 6 missing off U.S. coast | Globalnews.ca

The Federal Aviation Administration told Global News in a statement it issued a Search and Rescue Alert for a Gulfstream G-100 around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.

globalnews.ca

 

[lenaitch]

Debris apparently found.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/ontario-air-ambulance-missing-bermuda-to-boston-9.7368245

 

[mariomike]

Some confusion on the internet .

https://twitter.com/x/status/2106413888141222023

https://twitter.com/x/status/2106713039135482195

Under Ontario Regulation 356/16 of the Ambulance Act, Ornge operates as the designated air ambulance service provider for the province.

e-Laws | Ontario.ca

www.ontario.ca

 

[brihard]

Some confusion on the internet .

https://twitter.com/x/status/2106413888141222023

https://twitter.com/x/status/2106713039135482195

Under Ontario Regulation 356/16 of the Ambulance Act, Ornge operates as the designated air ambulance service provider for the province.

e-Laws | Ontario.ca

www.ontario.ca

It’s a private company that works on a contract basis, I would suspect a lot of the time at the behest of travel medical insurance providers.

 

[mariomike]

It’s a private company that works on a contract basis, I would suspect a lot of the time at the behest of travel medical insurance providers.

Right.

Ornge is the sole statutory provider of air ambulance services for the province of Ontario.

 

[brihard]

Right.

Ornge is the sole statutory provider of air ambulance services for the province of Ontario.

I thought they just liked the colour. Makes sense.

 

[OldSolduer]

The fellow I am helping with the 67 Cougar was a pilot for the province of Manitoba and flew Air Ambulance.

He was also a bush pilot with Manitoba Air Service. He has some tales to tell....

 

[medicineman]

Right.

Ornge is the sole statutory provider of air ambulance services for the province of Ontario.

I'm sure there are more than a few private carriers though...in areas outside of Ontario, there are often carriers contracted to the provinces - I want to say I can think of 5 or 6 off the top of my head that supply air ambulance services to where I work...and if I had my say, they'd all be amalgamated into a single carrier.

 

[GR66]

Very sad news. Same company (and possibly same aircraft...same type at least) that brought by brother back to Canada from Florida after a serious cardiac incident. Thoughts and prayers to the crew and passengers. And shame on those who's first thoughts were about who's paying for a life saving mission.