- The Coast Guard launched an air-and-surface search off Nantucket after a medical jet lost contact.
- The Gulfstream G100 carried six people, including a patient and a family-member escort, from Bermuda to Boston.
- Authorities had not confirmed a crash or identified why the aircraft lost contact.
The Coast Guard launched an air-and-surface search off Nantucket on October 3, 2026, after a medical-transfer jet carrying six people lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration. The search was underway offshore.
The aircraft did not reach Boston Logan International Airport as scheduled. Four crew members and two passengers were aboard, officials said.
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The jet had left L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was bound for Boston. It was identified as a Gulfstream G100 operated by Latitude Air Ambulance.
Authorities had not confirmed a crash. The reason contact was lost remained unknown.
Reported times place the alert before the expected arrival
The FAA issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice at about 1:20 a.m. local time Saturday. Other accounts put the reported loss of contact at around 2 a.m. local time.
Those markers differ. The aircraft’s departure and planned arrival times also vary slightly among reports: it left Bermuda between 12:40 a.m. and 12:41 a.m. ET, with arrival expected between 1:25 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. ET.
The FAA said it was working with the Rescue Coordination Center to locate the aircraft. The search began after the alert.
Aircraft and vessels joined the offshore search
Search crews deployed HC-144 aircraft and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Brant Point also joined the response.
The Fast Response Cutter USCGC William Sparling was among the vessels involved. Aircraft and boats from Air Station Cape Cod and Station Brant Point took part.
The aircraft was registered in Canada and carried tail number C-GRJP. It was a medical-transfer flight.
The aircraft was carrying a patient and an escort
Skyport, the airport operator, said two passengers were aboard: a patient and a family member escort. The other four people were crew members.
Clarence Togeretz, a director of flight operations, described the mission as an active medical evacuation.
“in an active Medevac operation, transferring a patient to an area hospital.”
The flight was operated by Latitude Air Ambulance. The available details identify the patient’s transfer as the purpose of the trip.
Boston Logan confirmed the scheduled arrival never happened
Massport confirmed the plane missed its scheduled arrival and expressed concern for those aboard and their loved ones.
“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.”
Flight-tracking data cited in reports showed the aircraft descending sharply before contact was lost, from roughly 24,000 feet to about 11,000 feet. Officials had not confirmed that information as a cause of the emergency.
Authorities had not confirmed a crash
The FAA was coordinating with the Rescue Coordination Center and search crews. The agency had not released a cause for the loss of contact.
Search operations remained active in updates published on October 3, 2026. A crash had not been confirmed.
