U.S. Coast Guard crews have found a debris field off Nantucket tied to a vanished Bermuda-to-Boston medevac flight carrying six people, and the search for survivors is still underway overnight.
Search crews working the waters off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, located wreckage confirmed as linked to the Canadian-registered air ambulance that disappeared early Saturday while flying toward Boston Logan International Airport. Fox News reported that crews kept hunting for anyone who might still be alive as the cutter stayed on scene through the night.
The plane was a Gulfstream G100 owned by Latitude Air Ambulance. On board were two Canadian pilots, two medical workers, one patient, and the patient’s companion. The company said the medical flight was supposed to take about two hours.
It never arrived. Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Boston Logan, confirmed the aircraft did not land as scheduled and said its thoughts were with those aboard and their families while the search continued.
Skyport, which manages Bermuda’s L. F. Wade International Airport, said the Canadian-registered air ambulance left for Boston at approximately 12:41 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2026, with six souls on board, four crew and two passengers.
"Canadian-registered air ambulance departed L. F. Wade International Airport for Boston at approximately 12:41 am on Saturday, October 3, 2026, with six souls on board, including four crew members and two passengers."
Skyport added that the FAA advised air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket Island and that a search was underway. The firm said it had no further information.
FlightAware data cited in the same reporting showed a takeoff time of 11:41 p.m. ET from Bermuda and a sharp altitude change around 1 a.m., when the jet dropped from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet in just three minutes. The two departure times sit an hour apart in the public record and have not been reconciled.
The FAA issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice about 1:20 a.m. ET. Earlier Saturday the agency said it was coordinating with the Rescue Coordination Center and the U.S. Coast Guard to locate the aircraft. Loss of contact came early Saturday, the Coast Guard said.
By Saturday afternoon the Coast Guard had put multiple assets on the case. An HC-130 Hercules crew flew from Air Station Elizabeth City. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter launched from Air Station Cape Cod. A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew worked from Station Brant Point. The Boston-based Fast Response Cutter William Sparling kept searching overnight.
Nantucket harbormaster and police teams also checked the island’s south shore Saturday. The Coast Guard planned a news conference for Sunday morning while crews kept looking for potential survivors.
The National Transportation Safety Board told Fox News Digital it was gathering information and declined to give an update. No official cause has been announced. No confirmed survivor or fatality count has been released beyond the debris field’s association with the flight.
Canada’s foreign affairs department said it was deeply concerned and confirmed Canadians were among those on board. Consular officials were in contact with the relevant authorities as the search continued.
"Our thoughts are with everyone on board and their loved ones,"
Bermuda Premier David Burt said his government had contacted the family and U.S. search and rescue authorities.
"My thoughts are with the six people aboard the missing air ambulance traveling from Bermuda to Boston, and their families,"
"Government has contacted the family and US search and rescue authorities. We are praying that everyone will be found safe."
Massport offered a similar message: thoughts with those on board and their loved ones as the search continues.
Former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo shared analysis with Fox News Digital. She pointed to the FlightAware altitude drop and framed the sequence as a severe in-flight problem paired with weather.
"This aircraft was dealt a dire one-two punch: a critical safety in-flight problem, followed almost immediately by a perilous weather event and an 11,000-foot plunge,"
That remains analyst commentary, not an official finding. Weather details and any mechanical failure have not been documented beyond that assessment. The NTSB’s information-gathering phase is still the public posture.
Names of the six people have not been released. Their conditions are unknown. The precise method used to tie the debris field to the flight has not been spelled out in detail. Audio referenced in coverage has not been described in substance in the available reporting.
What is known is straightforward and grim: a medevac jet left Bermuda for Boston with a patient, a companion, medical staff, and two Canadian pilots; contact was lost off Nantucket; the altitude trace showed a rapid descent; and Coast Guard crews have now locked onto debris while still searching the dark water for anyone who might have survived.
When the record is complete, families and the flying public will need clear answers on what failed, not delay, spin, or silence.
