Debris Field Discovered in Search for Missing Air Ambulance Carrying Six People

The U.S. Coast Guard has found a debris field off Nantucket, Massachusetts, that it says is confirmed to be associated with a missing air ambulance that disappeared on a flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Six people were aboard, and the Coast Guard said its crews are continuing to search for them.

The aircraft was a Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100 operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, an Ontario-based company. It departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda shortly after midnight local time on Saturday for the roughly 800-mile flight to Boston. Around 1:20 a.m. ET, the Federal Aviation Administration alerted the Coast Guard that it had lost contact with the jet, prompting a multi-agency search.

Who Was on Board

Latitude Air Ambulance said the crew members were Canadian citizens and the passengers were Bermudian nationals. According to the Coast Guard and the airport operator in Bermuda, the aircraft carried four crew members and two passengers. Local reporting identified the passengers as a patient and the patient's son, who was traveling as a family escort. 

Canada's Minister of Transport, Steven MacKinnon, confirmed that four Canadians were aboard. Names have not been released, and the Coast Guard said next of kin have been notified.

The Final Minutes of the Flight

Details of the aircraft's last minutes have begun to emerge. Nantucket Memorial Airport said the pilot declared an emergency. Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, leveled off for several more minutes, and then disappeared. Audio of emergency radio traffic reviewed by The Boston Globe indicates a fire rescue dispatcher warned crews that the aircraft was about 15 minutes away, was suffering electrical problems, and had lost radio and radar contact. At one point, air traffic control asked the pilot whether the aircraft was "coming in blind."

Nantucket police checked the island's airport for the missing jet after the alert but found nothing.

The Search

The Coast Guard launched two search-and-rescue planes, a helicopter, and a motor lifeboat. Hours after the search began, the Coast Guard announced that crews had located a debris field confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft.

Officials have not said whether any survivors have been found, and the search for the six people aboard remains active. The Coast Guard planned a news conference in Boston at 11 a.m. Sunday to provide an update.

Investigation

Transport Canada is assisting the response, and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is gathering information about the incident. Neither agency has announced findings, and the cause has not been determined.

What Comes Next

As of the latest reporting, the six people on board remained unaccounted for, and the Coast Guard's search was continuing.