Search for Missing Jet Off Nantucket Coast

A search operation is underway after a jet aircraft vanished off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The disappearance occurred early Saturday morning while the aircraft was en route from Bermuda to Boston.

The aircraft in question is a Gulfstream G100, a twin-engine jet, registered in Canada as G100 C-GRJP. It is owned by Ontario-based Latitude Air Ambulance, a company specializing in medical transportation services. The plane’s last recorded position was captured by Flightradar24, a platform that provides real-time air traffic data.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that six individuals were on the flight. They left L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda, heading toward Boston’s Logan International Airport. The identities of those on board remain undisclosed. However, Clarence Togeretz, operations manager at Latitude Air Ambulance, informed Toronto’s City News that the crew consists of four Canadians and two Bermudian passengers.

“Coast Guard air and surface crews are searching an area off the coast of Nantucket,” stated the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast district in a message to Newsweek on Saturday.

The search includes assets like:

• An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
• HC-130 Hercules crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City
• An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
• A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Brant Point
• Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling, a Boston-based Fast Response Cutter

Data from FlightAware, another flight tracking service, shows the plane departed from Bermuda at 11:41 p.m. ET. The final radar contact came at 1:23 a.m. ET, just before its anticipated arrival in Boston. Flight records show the aircraft descended by over 9,000 feet in two minutes.

Rick Breitenfeldt, FAA public affairs specialist, stated an Alert Notice for Search and Rescue (ALNOT) was issued at approximately 1:20 a.m. local time on Saturday. “The flight departed from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was headed to Boston Logan International Airport,” Breitenfeldt noted.

Breitenfeldt added that coordination is ongoing with the Rescue Coordination Center and the U.S. Coast Guard to locate the jet.

In a message to Newsweek, Benjamin Crawley, a media relations specialist for MassPort, which oversees Boston Logan International Airport, confirmed, “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.”