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Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket

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Cody, D. (2026, October 4). Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/world-news/debris-from-vanished-boston-bound-plane-found-by-coast-guard-amid-massive-search-off-nantucket/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-04 · by Daniel Cody

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The US Coast Guard found debris from a Gulfstream G100 medical transport plane that vanished off Nantucket on Saturday morning. The aircraft, carrying six people, disappeared just before landing in Boston and was last seen by FAA radar around 1:25 a.m. Crews from the Coast Guard cutter William Sparling are investigating the wreckage to identify parts of the downed aircraft. A press conference is scheduled for Sunday to provide updates on search efforts, with a full investigation expected to be led by either the National Transportation Safety Board or its Canadian counterpart.
Written by AI on 2026-10-04, 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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Daniel Cody
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Topics

Boston Coast Guard Nantucket William Sparling the US Coast Guard

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Boston GPE · 2× Coast Guard ORG · 2× Bermuda GPE · 1× Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× The Post ORG · 1× USCG ORG · 1× the Coast Guard ORG · 1× the US Coast Guard ORG · 1×

Narrative

Crews from the Boston-based Coast Guard cutter William Sparling rushed to the scene off the coast of Massachusetts and were sifting through wreckage to identify parts of the downed aircraft, a USCG spokesperson told The Post Saturday night.
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🔮 Crews from the Boston-based Coast Guard cutter William Sparling rushed to the scene off the coast of Massachusetts and were sifting through wreckage to identify parts of the downed aircraft, a USCG spokesperson told The Post Saturday night.

Claims (3 extracted, 1 hedged)

Debris from a medical transport plane that mysteriously vanished early Saturday in the waters off Nantucket has been discovered floating in the ocean, the US Coast Guard confirmed. asserted
Guard → vanish → ocean
Crews from the Boston-based Coast Guard cutter William Sparling rushed to the scene off the coast of Massachusetts and were sifting through wreckage to identify parts of the downed aircraft, a USCG spokesperson told The Post Saturday night. asserted
spokesperson → base → Post
Six people were aboard the doomed Gulfstream G100 twinjet en route from Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport when it suddenly went dark on Federal Aviation Administration radar shortly before its scheduled 1:25 a.m. landing, according to the Coast Guard and FlightAware. Coast Guard Base Boston was expected to hold a press conference Sunday morning to provide updates on the search and rescue efforts. A full-scale probe will likely be spearheaded by the National Transportation Safety Board or its Canadian counterpart, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, said the Coast Guard spokesperson. uncertain
spokesperson → doom → Canada
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