Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and her son Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, have been identified among six people presumed dead after a Bermuda-to-Boston medical flight crashed off Nantucket.
Bean was reportedly travelling to Boston for medical treatment after suffering a stroke, with her son accompanying her.
Lottimore, a respected insurance executive and former Warwick Academy student, was remembered by colleagues and his community as a valued leader and friend.
The four Canadian crew members were Captain Philip Childerhose, First Officer Thomas Farquhar, Flight Nurse Sarah Paton and Respiratory Therapist Jolene Weir. They were part of the Latitude Air Ambulance team operating Heartbeat 104 Medevac from Bermuda to Boston.
The Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100, operated by Latitude Air Ambulance as Heartbeat 104, disappeared after reportedly experiencing electrical problems and declaring an emergency.
A 66-hour search covering more than 4,400 miles located a debris field but no survivors. The four Canadian crew members have not yet been publicly identified.
Investigators are now working to determine exactly what happened during the aircraft’s final moments.
Six lives were lost. For Bermuda, the tragedy is especially heartbreaking: a mother and son who boarded an air ambulance together never made it to Boston.
Source: Flight RouteXplorer FB page
