Mother and son from Bermuda named as passengers on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-05 · by Philip Marcelo The Associated Press

Quick Summary

Marilyn Lavonne Bean and her son Sergio Wayne Lottimore from Bermuda were identified as the two passengers on an air ambulance that crashed near Nantucket while flying from Bermuda to Boston early Saturday morning. The Gulfstream G100 aircraft, which also carried four crew members, went missing around 1 a.m., with Bermuda being approximately 750 to 780 miles southeast of Boston.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

On Saturday, a Gulfstream G100 plane carrying six people vanished while en route from Bermuda to Boston. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers around 2 AM, shortly after dropping from about 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet, according to flight-tracking data. The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search off the coast of Nantucket, deploying both air and surface crews including Air Station Cape Cod, USCGC William Sparling, and Brant Point station. Latitude Air Ambulance operates the missing plane, but no further information on passenger identities has been released.

Written for “Missing Plane Search Nantucket” on 2026-10-06, grounded in this article and the 48 other(s) covering the same event.

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Claims extracted
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Leaning
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Correction & hedging signals
63.2
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Outlets on this story
49
World
Narrative spread
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Story

📰 Missing Plane Search Nantucket
World · 49 article(s) covering the same event. See how they differ ↓

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Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast same event · 100%
BBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 50% hedged 3 of 6 📰 publisher trust 72
“Both articles describe the same missing medical plane off the coast of Nantucket with the same number of people on board and the same departure point from Bermuda.”
Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston same event · 100%
Toronto Star
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 50% hedged 1 of 2 📰 publisher trust 63
“Both articles describe the identical incident involving a missing air ambulance flight with six people aboard from Bermuda to Boston on the same date and location.”
Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane carrying 6 people same event · 100%
NPR
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 25% hedged 3 of 12 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles describe the search for and identification of passengers on a missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston that disappeared off Nantucket, Mass.”
Crews search seabed in desperate hunt for plane that went missing between Bermuda and Boston same event · 100%
The Independent
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 24% hedged 5 of 21 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the disappearance of a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance carrying six people between Bermuda and Boston on the same date.”
All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast same event · 100%
BBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 14% hedged 3 of 21 📰 publisher trust 72
“Both articles describe the same missing medical transport aircraft with six people aboard that went missing off the coast of Nantucket while traveling from Bermuda to Boston.”
U.S. Coast Guard shares names of all six aboard missing Canadian air ambulance same event · 100%
Toronto Star
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 8% hedged 2 of 25 📰 publisher trust 63
“Both articles describe the same missing air ambulance flight with the same passengers and crew members.”
Financier, 41, and his 66-year-old mother are among six feared dead after private medical jet crashed off coast of Nantucket same event · 100%
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 14% hedged 4 of 29 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles describe the identical incident involving a missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston with the same two passengers (Marilyn Lavonne Bean and Sergio Wayne Lottimore) and four crew members, occurring on the same date and time off Nantucket.”
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New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 60% hedged 3 of 5 📰 publisher trust 64
“The articles describe different helicopter crashes involving different individuals and locations.”
6 missing after Gulfstream jet disappears near Nantucket after takeoff from Bermuda same event · 95%
Times of India
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 33% hedged 3 of 9 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the disappearance of a Gulfstream G100 jet carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston on the same day and time.”
US Coast Guard launches urgent search for plane carrying 6 people as it goes missing en route to Boston from Bermuda same event · 95%
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 18 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles refer to the same missing Gulfstream aircraft carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston on October 3rd, including a mother and son identified in the second article.”

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Who wrote this

Philip Marcelo The Associated Press
2 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I think, subconsciously, I might have missed New York,” he said.
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Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
Also by Philip Marcelo The Associated Press
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Topics

Bermuda Bermudian Boston Gulfstream Massachusetts

Subjects

Bermuda GPE · 4× Boston GPE · 2× Bermudian NORP · 1× Gulfstream ORG · 1× Marilyn Lavonne Bean PERSON · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× Sergio Wayne Lottimore PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a Gulfstream G100 with four crew members when it went missing off Nantucket around 1 a.m. Saturday.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star
Mother and son from Bermuda named as passengers on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston · assertive framing

Claims (2 extracted, 0 hedged)

The two people aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston were identified Monday as a mother from Bermuda and her son. asserted
that → crash → Bermuda
Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a Gulfstream G100 with four crew members when it went missing off Nantucket around 1 a.m. Saturday. asserted
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