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Air Ambulance Crew Lost at Sea: Memorials Begin
15 Oct
Summary
- Memorial services commence for air ambulance crew lost off Nantucket.
- Search for wreckage and black boxes is ongoing.
- Victims included Canadian crew and Bermudian passengers.
Memorial services are commencing for the crew of an air ambulance that disappeared off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, earlier this month. The U.S. Coast Guard identified the lost crew members as Captain Philip Gregory Childerhose of Oakville, first officer Thomas Henry Farquhar of Brantford, nurse Sarah Jane Paton, and respiratory therapist Jolene Beth Weir, all from Southern Ontario. They were transporting Bermudians Marilyn Lavonne Bean and her son, Sergio Wayne Lottimore.
Services for Farquhar will begin on Friday, October 16, in Regina, Saskatchewan, and a second service will be held in Brantford, Ontario, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. A memorial for Weir is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, in Oshawa, Ontario. Information regarding services for Paton, Captain Childerhose, and the passengers has not yet been confirmed.
The search for the aircraft's wreckage and its crucial flight recorders, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, remains active. Canada's Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation, coordinating with U.S. agencies. The search area covered approximately 11,500 square kilometers off Nantucket, following the loss of contact with the aircraft on October 3.
