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Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says

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Pereira, I., & Arancio, V. (2026, October 3). Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/US/medical-transport-airplane-missing-off-massachusetts-coast-coast/story?id=136969608

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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing medical transport plane off the coast of Massachusetts that lost contact with authorities at around 2 a.m. on Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The Gulfstream G-100, carrying six people, has not been located as of 8:30 a.m. on the same day. Search efforts are underway using air and sea vehicles near Nantucket.

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On Saturday, a Gulfstream G100 aircraft carrying six people vanished while en route from Bermuda to Boston's Logan International Airport, losing communication with the FAA around 1 AM local time. The plane took off at approximately 11:41 PM ET on Friday and was scheduled to land in Boston by about 1:30 AM Saturday. Shortly before its disappearance, the aircraft reportedly dropped from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet within minutes, according to flight-tracking data. The US Coast Guard launched an extensive search off the coast of Nantucket using air and sea crews, including teams from Air Station Cape Cod and Brant Point in Nantucket. Latitude Air Ambulance, based in Hamilton, is the operator of the missing aircraft.

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Coast Guard Massachusetts The Federal Aviation Administration The U.S. Coast Guard the Coast Guard

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the Coast Guard ORG · 4× Massachusetts GPE · 2× Bermuda GPE · 1× Boston GPE · 1× Coast Guard ORG · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× The Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× The U.S. Coast Guard ORG · 1×

Narrative

The U.S. Coast Guard was searching the waters off Massachusetts for a missing medical transfer plane with six people on board that went missing on Saturday morning, officials said.

framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03

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Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says · mixed framing

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Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says Six people were on the plane, the Coast Guard said. asserted

Guard → miss → plane

The U.S. Coast Guard was searching the waters off Massachusetts for a missing medical transfer plane with six people on board that went missing on Saturday morning, officials said. asserted

officials → search → morning

The Federal Aviation Administration informed the Coast Guard they lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 around 2 a.m., as the plane flew from Bermuda to Boston, according to the Coast Guard. uncertain

plane → inform → Guard

The Coast Guard is using air and sea vehicles to search around Nantucket, the agency said. asserted

agency → use → Nantucket