NANTUCKET, Mass. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a medical transfer aircraft carrying six people after losing contact with the plane early Saturday while it was en route from Bermuda to Boston.
The Federal Aviation Administration notified its command center at about 2 a.m. that it had lost contact with a Gulfstream G-100 medical transfer jet traveling from Bermuda to Massachusetts, according to the Coast Guard’s Northeast Sector.
The FAA identified the aircraft as a Gulfstream G-100 with tail number C-GRJP, noting in a statement to Boston 25 News that the flight departed from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was headed to Boston Logan International Airport.
The Nantucket Current reported that the aircraft is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, a company based in Ontario, Canada, which provides transfers to and from healthcare facilities.
In a statement, Massport told Boston 25, “We can confirm that the aircraft did not arrive at Boston Logan as scheduled. Our thoughts are with those on board and their loved ones as the search continues.”
The search is currently focused on waters off Nantucket, where Coast Guard air and water crews are actively responding.
Resources involved in the search include:
- An HC-144 aircraft from Air Station Cape Cod
- An MH-60 helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod
- A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Brant Point
- The USCGC William Sparling, a Fast Response Cutter
Officials have not released additional details about the six people aboard or the circumstances surrounding the loss of contact with the aircraft.
The Coast Guard said search efforts are ongoing and that it will provide more information as it becomes available.
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