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Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed

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Associated Press. (2026, October 4). Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369735/search-continues-missing-bermuda-boston-flight-crews-plan-comb-seabed?utm_source=rss_feed

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Search efforts continue for a missing Gulfstream G100 air ambulance carrying six people that vanished during its flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday. Authorities located a debris field off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and have since expanded their search to cover 7,356 square kilometers (2,840 square miles) using various aircraft and vessels. Rear Admiral Matt Lake of the Coast Guard emphasized the challenging nature of searching such a vast area.
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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 Massachusetts The Federal Aviation Administration the US Coast Guard

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Massachusetts GPE · 3× Bermuda GPE · 2× Boston ORG · 2× Bermudian NORP · 1× Canadians NORP · 1× Coast Guard ORG · 1× Matt Lake PERSON · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× The Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× the US Coast Guard ORG · 1×

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Searchers said they had found a ‘debris field’ off the Massachusetts coast A search continued on Sunday off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston as authorities planned to comb the seabed, the US Coast Guard said.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05
2026-10-05 · South China Morning Post
Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed · assertive framing

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Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed The air ambulance carrying 6 people disappeared on Saturday. asserted
ambulance → continue → Saturday
Searchers said they had found a ‘debris field’ off the Massachusetts coast A search continued on Sunday off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston as authorities planned to comb the seabed, the US Coast Guard said. asserted
Guard → say → seabed
The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the coastguard at 2am on Saturday saying it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G100 carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals over the Atlantic Ocean. asserted
it → contact → Ocean
Searchers later on Saturday found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Admiral Matt Lake said at a news conference on Sunday. asserted
Lake → find → Sunday
Coastguard crews along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities have since searched an area encompassing 7,356 sq km (2,840 square miles) using fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters. asserted
crews → search → aircraft
“This is a large and demanding search area,” Lake said. asserted
Lake → say → ?
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