The U.S. Coast Guard is combing the Atlantic off Nantucket for a medical transport jet with six people aboard after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
The Federal Aviation Administration alerted the Coast Guard at roughly 2 a.m. that it could no longer reach the aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 with the tail number C-GRJP, according to the Coast Guard’s Northeast District. FlightAware data shows the jet left Bermuda International Airport at 11:41 p.m. Eastern on Friday.
“Air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available,” the district posted on X.
#BREAKING : @uscg is searching for a Gulfstream aircraft with 6 persons on board. @FAANews reported losing contact w/the aircraft early Saturday morning.#USCG air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available.…
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) October 3, 2026
The search includes an HC-144 Ocean Sentry patrol plane and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod, a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Brant Point on Nantucket.
The “C-” prefix on the tail number marks the jet as Canadian-registered. The jet belongs to Latitude Air Ambulance, according to NBC10 Boston. The company, based at Hamilton International Airport in Ontario, specializes in long-distance medical evacuations and patient repatriations. A listing with EURAMI, a European air ambulance accreditation body, describes Latitude’s fleet as five aircraft, three of them Astra SPX or G100 jets equipped for intensive care.
The G100 is a twin-engine business jet originally developed in Israel.
Authorities have not released the names of those on board or said whether a patient was among them. No wreckage has been publicly reported as of Saturday morning.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
