Transportation

On Saturday, a Canadian-registered medical transport jet went missing off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts while flying a patient from Bermuda to Boston. The Gulfstream G100 aircraft, operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, plummeted thousands of feet over just a few minutes after the pilot reportedly declared an emergency due to severe electrical issues. Late Saturday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard located a confirmed debris field roughly 20 miles south of Nantucket island in waters about 80 to 90 feet deep. An active, massive multi-agency search covering over 2,800 square miles continues for the six people who were on board, including four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian nationals. Former U.S. Air Force Navigator Jim Brauchle joins LiveNOW's Andy Mac to discuss. 

LiveNOW’s J Russell is speaking with Doron Merdinger from Doroni Aerospace about what could possibly be the future of transportation. We are taking a deeper look at the H1-X, a two-seat personal eVTOL meant for the general public. According to Merdinger, the aircraft is designed to fit inside a standard two-car garage with fast-charging capabilities. 

Five people are dead, and at least 5 are injured after an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran the runway and crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The plane arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico around 2:00pm ET when it burst past the runway boundaries, plowed into a public rowed and struck multiple vehicles. The impact of the crash sparked a fire with heavy smoke, drawing a response from more than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units. Federal officials also instituted a full ground stop, shutting down all runways and taxiways at the airports. Hundreds of flights have now been delayed or cancelled during the busy Labor Day holiday weekend. The Foundation for Aviation Safety's Randy Klatt joins LiveNOW's Andy Mac after the press conference to discuss what may have caused the crash and where the investigation goes from here. 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving to fire two air traffic controllers who left their shifts early on the night of the deadly March 22 runway collision at LaGuardia Airport, according to various reporting. The incident occurred just before midnight when an incoming Air Canada Express flight collided with a Port Authority fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots and injuring nearly 40 people. Investigators revealed that the early departures left the tower severely understaffed, forcing a single controller to dangerously combine both air and ground traffic control duties while the only other controller on duty was distracted by a separate aircraft emergency. Government sources to The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets said the FAA is targeting the controllers for termination on the grounds of timecard fraud, a crackdown that follows earlier National Transportation Safety Board findings that the Port Authority vehicle also lacked a mandatory location transponder to trigger control tower alarms. The Foundation for Aviation Safety's Randy Klatt joins LiveNOW's Alexandra Goldberg to discuss these latest developments. 

We are learning more this Wednesday evening after reports that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair in Pennsylvania. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter crashed into each other in midair near Carlisle. The agency said two people were on the helicopter according to reporting from our partners at FOX 29 Philadelphia.