Search Underway for Missing Medical Jet Off Massachusetts Coast

<p>The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a search in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket for a medical transport jet with six people aboard after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early Saturday morning during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.</p><p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notified the Coast Guard at approximately 2 a.m. that it could no longer establish communication with the aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 with the tail number C-GRJP, according to the Coast Guard's Northeast District. Flight data indicates that the jet departed from Bermuda International Airport at 11:41 p.m. Eastern on Friday.</p><p>“Air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available,” the district posted on X.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://x.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> : <a href="https://x.com/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uscg</a> is searching for a Gulfstream aircraft with 6 persons on board. <a href="https://x.com/FAANews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FAANews</a> reported losing contact w/the aircraft early Saturday morning.<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/USCG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USCG</a> air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available.…</p><p>— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) <a href="https://x.com/USCGNortheast/status/2106327386987888885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2026</a></p></blockquote><p>The search operation includes an HC-144 Ocean Sentry patrol plane and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod, as well as a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Brant Point on Nantucket.</p><p>The “C-” prefix on the tail number indicates that the jet is Canadian-registered. The aircraft is owned by Latitude Air Ambulance, a company based at Hamilton International Airport in Ontario that specializes in long-distance medical evacuations and patient repatriations. According to a listing with EURAMI, a European air ambulance accreditation body, Latitude's fleet consists of five aircraft, three of which are Astra SPX or G100 jets equipped for intensive care.</p><p>The G100 is a twin-engine business jet originally developed in Israel.</p><p>Authorities have not disclosed the names of those on board or confirmed whether a patient was among them. As of Saturday morning, no wreckage has been reported.</p><p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.</em></p>