Search Intensifies Off Nantucket After Gulfstream Jet Vanishes From Radar
A massive search is underway off Nantucket on Saturday morning after a Gulfstream G100 carrying six people disappeared from radar while flying from Bermuda to Boston.
The G100 was operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, which provides medical evacuation and repatriation services.
BREAKING: Gulfstream G100 with 6 persons on board has reportedly crashed into the Atlantic while flying from Bermuda to Boston pic.twitter.com/gHZI5Sq2vc
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) October 3, 2026
Company spokesman Clarence Togeretz confirmed to The New York Times that the G100 was missing and said Latitude had contacted search-and-rescue and law enforcement agencies.
Local outlet Nantucket Current said the search-and-rescue effort is focused on an area about 13 nautical miles south of Nantucket.
BREAKING: A search is underway 13 nautical miles south of Nantucket for a Gulfstream aircraft with six persons on board. The FAA reported losing contact with the aircraft early Saturday morning.
— Nantucket Current (@ACKCurrent) October 3, 2026
The Gulfstream G100 (tail #CGRJP) air ambulance was traveling from Bermuda to… pic.twitter.com/TvKEe9e2iU
Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows the area of interest where aerial and sea-based Coast Guard assets are searching.
The US Coast Guard is continuing to search for a missing G100 C-GRJP, which lost contact en route to Boston. https://t.co/Yv3BmlmJco pic.twitter.com/TYXdccMR9y
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 3, 2026
X user Breaking Aviation News & Videos lists the Coast Guard assets searching for the G100:
- HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Air Station Cape Cod
- HC-130 Hercules crew from Air Station Elizabeth City
- MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod
- 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Brant Point
- Fast response cutter William Sparling (WPC-1154)
Nantucket Current said the G100 "declared an emergency before losing contact."