BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its search for six people aboard a medical transfer jet that went missing while traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
The Coast Guard confirmed that crews found a debris field off the coast of Nantucket belonging to the missing aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a search and rescue alert for around 1:20 a.m. yesterday after losing contact with a Gulfstream G-100 medical transfer jet that left Bermuda for Boston around 12:41 a.m.
Four of the six people aboard are from Canada and two are from Bermuda.
The aircraft is registered to Latitude Air Ambulance, a Canadian company that provides medical transfers to and from health care facilities.
MISSING PLANE: Audio transmissions from air traffic controllers in Boston indicate that controllers asked the missing plane from Bermuda if it was “coming in blind” and then if the pilot “declared an emergency” before contact appeared to have been lost. https://t.co/fHJnBhvrR2
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) October 3, 2026
What happened before contact was lost?
Boston 25 News obtained audio transmissions from air traffic controllers in Boston in the moments before contact with the aircraft was lost.
In the audio, a controller can be heard asking the pilot whether the plane was declaring an emergency.
The Coast Guard has been using both aircraft and water crews as part of the search.
Officials are expected to provide an update during a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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