October 03, 2026
BREAKING: Medical plane with 6 aboard vanishes near Nantucket — debris found tonight
Photo: U.S. Coast Guard/PA3 Kiera Shantry (via CNN)
Medical plane with 6 aboard vanishes near Nantucket — debris found tonight
DEVELOPING — details coming. A medical transport jet carrying six people vanished over the Atlantic early Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston, and the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Saturday night it has located a debris field "associated with the missing aircraft" south of Nantucket. Crews are continuing to search for the six people aboard throughout the night.
What we know
- The aircraft is a Gulfstream G100, tail number C-GRJP, operated as an air ambulance by Canada-based Latitude Air Ambulance. The 1996-built jet has been registered to the company since 2018.
- It departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda around 12:41 a.m. Saturday, bound for Boston Logan International Airport with a scheduled landing near 1:25–1:30 a.m.
- The FAA issued a search-and-rescue alert around 1:20 a.m. after losing contact with the plane, and notified the Coast Guard at approximately 2 a.m.
- FlightAware data shows the jet cruised at 24,000 feet for more than an hour, then plunged 13,000 feet in about two minutes before controllers lost contact.
- An audio clip posted by Boston 25 captures a Logan controller asking the Gulfstream pilot: "You said you're coming in blind? Is that what you said?" — then whether the plane was declaring an emergency. No response was heard.
Who was aboard
Six people, according to the Coast Guard and Latitude Air Ambulance: four Canadian nationals — two pilots and two medical staff — and two Bermudian nationals, a patient and their relative. The four-person crew had flown to Bermuda specifically to collect the patient and relative. All next of kin have been notified. Names have not been publicly released.
The search
By late Saturday, crews had covered more than 1,600 square miles over roughly 27 hours, the Coast Guard said. Assets on scene or involved include an HC-144 Ocean Sentry from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, an HC-130 Hercules from Elizabeth City, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Cape Cod, 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from Coast Guard Station Brant Point, the fast-response cutter William Sparling out of Boston, and two HH-60 helicopter crews from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing. The William Sparling is continuing search efforts through the night. The Coast Guard said it expected to hold a press conference at Coast Guard Base Boston at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Canada's transport minister, Steven MacKinnon, said he is "closely monitoring the situation," and Bermuda's premier, David Burt, said the government is in contact with U.S. authorities and the families of those aboard.
What comes next
A full investigation is expected to be led by the National Transportation Safety Board or its Canadian counterpart, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the Coast Guard said. We will keep this page updated as the search develops overnight.
Source: CNN — read the original report
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