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Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast

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Venkatraman, S. (2026, October 3). Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cme3x85013llo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-03 · by Sakshi Venkatraman

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US authorities are searching for a missing medical plane carrying six people off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Gulfstream G-100 aircraft, operated by Latitude Air Ambulances and bound for Boston from Bermuda, lost contact with the FAA just after 1:00 local time on Saturday morning. Flight data indicates that the plane sharply descended before communication ceased, prompting an air and water search effort led by the US Coast Guard.
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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📰 Missing Plane Off Nantucket
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Hedges 1 of 4 claims Outlet record 74/100
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Sakshi Venkatraman
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Topics

BBC Boston FlightAware Massachusetts The Federal Aviation Administration

Subjects

Boston GPE · 2× FlightAware ORG · 2× Massachusetts GPE · 2× BBC ORG · 1× Bermuda GPE · 1× Gulfstream ORG · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× The Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× the Coast Guard ORG · 1× the US Coast Guard's ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search and rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT).
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2026-10-03 · BBC News
Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast · mixed framing

Claims (6 extracted, 3 hedged)

- Published US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane bound for Boston, Massachusetts went missing early Saturday morning. asserted
plane → publish → Boston
The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search and rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT). asserted
it → tell → time
An air and water search is underway off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island, according to the US Coast Guard's Northeast District. uncertain
search → accord → District
The plane departed from Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport at 23:40 local time, according to flight data from FlightAware, and was slated to land at Boston's Logan International at 1:30 EDT (6:30 GMT). uncertain
plane → depart → EDT
According to the tail number released by the Coast Guard, the plane belonged to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that provides international medical flights for patients returning home. uncertain
that → accord → patients
FlightAware's tracker shows the aircraft significantly dropped in altitude before its communications went dark, plummeting from around 7,300m (24,000ft) to 3,300m (11,000ft). asserted
communications → show → m
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