Searchers found a  debris field  off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, from an air ambulance that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals were aboard, and their next of kin were notified as the search continued, the Coast Guard said in a statement. It added that one of its cutters would keep searching the water overnight and into Sunday.

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At a press conference on Sunday morning, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Matthew Lake said they have been searching since 2 a.m. Saturday, using fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters. So far, they have searched over 2,800 square miles over nearly 54 hours.

He said they have been keeping next of kin notified of their progress.

 Our priority is to locate the six personnel on that aircraft,  he said.  Our thoughts are with the people on board that aircraft, their families, friends and loved ones during this difficult time. 

The area around the debris field is about 80-90 feet, officials said, and they are currently working with Massachusetts authorities to get craft out there equipped with sonar to do some detection on the seabed floor. They provided no set timeline for the search, other than to say that they will continue to search and saturate the area until they are confident that any survivors in the area would have been found.

Ed Freni, former director of aviation at Massport, spoke with NBC10 Boston on Sunday morning about the search for a missing aircraft off Nantucket.

According to the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration reported that the Gulfstream G100 lost contact very early Saturday morning. Air traffic audio indicates that it may have been  coming in blind  when a storm loomed ahead shortly before it vanished.

The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast, according to air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net.  Roger, you said you're

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