The U.S. Coast Guard announced late Saturday that it had recovered debris from a medical transport aircraft off the coast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and that it was still searching for the six people who were on board.
The jet, a Canadian‑registered Gulfstream G‑100 operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration while flying from Bermuda to Boston. An FAA spokesperson said the agency issued a search‑and‑rescue alert at about 1.20 a.m. local time. Flight‑tracking data show the aircraft departed Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport at 12.41 a.m., cruising at 24,000 feet before descending 13,000 feet in roughly two minutes, shortly before controllers lost contact.
The aircraft carried four crew members and two passengers. Four of the occupants were Canadian, while the other two were Bermudian nationals. The Canadian Minister of Transport, Steven MacKinnon, said Canada was monitoring the situation and working with authorities. Bermuda’s premier, David Burt, confirmed that the government was in contact with U.S. officials and the families of the passengers.
Boston‑area media reported an audio clip from Boston Logan International Airport in which an air‑traffic controller asked the pilot whether they were “coming in blind” and whether the aircraft was declaring an emergency, but no response was heard. The Massachusetts port authority, which manages Logan, noted that the plane did not arrive as scheduled and expressed condolences to those on board and their loved ones.
The FAA is coordinating with the Rescue Coordination Center and the U.S. Coast Guard to locate the missing aircraft while search efforts continue around Nantucket throughout the night.
