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Medical plane missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, authorities say

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Osborne, M. (2026, October 3). Medical plane missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, authorities say. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-plane-missing-nantucket-six-on-board/

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A medical jet with six people on board has gone missing near Nantucket after taking off from Bermuda around 11:40 p.m. ET on Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and FAA. The plane lost contact at approximately 1 a.m. local time Saturday while en route to Boston's Logan International Airport. A search mission involving air and surface vessels is underway in the area off Nantucket where the aircraft last communicated, with the jet registered to Latitude Air Ambulance.

Written by AI on 2026-10-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

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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Topics

Bermuda Boston FlightAware Nantucket the U.S. Coast Guard

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Boston ORG · 2× FlightAware ORG · 2× Nantucket GPE · 2× the U.S. Coast Guard ORG · 2× Bermuda GPE · 1× Coast Guard ORG · 1× FAA ORG · 1× Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× the Coast Guard ORG · 1× the U.S. ORG · 1×

Narrative

The FAA lost contact with the plane around 1 a.m. local time and issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice for the Gulfstream G-100.

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Medical plane missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, authorities say · mixed framing

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A medical jet with six people on board has gone missing near Nantucket while flying from Bermuda to Boston early Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration. uncertain

jet → go → Guard

The FAA lost contact with the plane around 1 a.m. local time and issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice for the Gulfstream G-100. asserted

FAA → lose → G-100

The search was being conducted off the coast of Nantucket, according to the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast District. uncertain

search → conduct → District

Air and surface vessels are involved in the search and rescue mission, the Coast Guard said. asserted

Guard → involve → mission

The jet is registered to Latitutde Air Ambulance, according to the tail number provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. uncertain

jet → register → Guard

The plane took off at about 11:40 p.m. ET on Friday, according to data from FlightAware. uncertain

plane → take → FlightAware

It went missing after about 1 hour, 45 minutes in the air. asserted

It → go → air

FlightAware data shows it quickly dropped from about 24,000 feet in the air to 11,000 feet before losing contact. asserted

it → show → contact

The plane had been set to land at Boston's Logan International Airport at about 1:30 a.m. local time. asserted

plane → set → a.m.