A missing private jet carrying six people has triggered a search off the coast of Massachusetts after the aircraft disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston, according to the US Coast Guard.
The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard early Saturday after losing contact with the Gulfstream jet, which was being used as a medical transfer aircraft, a Coast Guard spokesperson said in an email. Search teams have since been deployed by air and sea to locate the aircraft in the waters near Nantucket, an island south of mainland Massachusetts.
The aircraft had departed from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was bound for Boston Logan International Airport, the FAA said in a statement. The agency issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice, known as an ALNOT, after contact with the aircraft was lost.
The Coast Guard identified the aircraft as a Gulfstream G100 with the tail number CGRJP. The search is focused off the coast of Nantucket, where Coast Guard crews are working to determine the aircraft’s location and what happened after it disappeared from contact.
“Air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available,” the Coast Guard Northeast District said in a post on X.
Several Coast Guard units have joined the operation. Search crews include personnel from Air Station Cape Cod and USCG Station Brant Point, which is based on Nantucket. The USCGC William Sparling, a Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter, is also taking part in the search.
Authorities have not provided further details about the six people aboard the aircraft or explained why contact with the jet was lost. The search operation remains underway as crews continue working in the area where the aircraft is believed to have disappeared.
