Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Debris Found After Medical Jet Vanishes Off Nantucket
A medical airplane was flying from Bermuda to Massachusetts.
It was carrying two passengers and four crew members.
The plane stopped communicating with air traffic controllers during the overnight flight.
The Coast Guard was told about the missing plane around 2 a.m.
on Saturday.
Search crews looked in the air and on the water near Nantucket.
On Sunday, the Coast Guard said they found a field of debris.
The headline says the plane fell 14,000 feet in two minutes.
The article does not say what caused the plane to go missing or confirm what happened to the people aboard.
A Boston-bound medical transport jet disappeared over the Atlantic after departing Bermuda.
Six people—two passengers and four crew members—were aboard.
The Gulfstream G100 was reported to have lost contact with air traffic controllers around 2 a.m. Saturday.
The U.S. Coast Guard said crews found a debris field off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
The headline reports the jet plunged 14,000 feet in two minutes.
- Who
- Two passengers and four crew members aboard a Boston-bound medical transport jet.
- What
- The jet lost contact with air traffic controllers, and search crews found a debris field.
- When
- The Coast Guard was notified around 2 a.m. Saturday; the debris field was reported found Sunday.
- Where
- Over the Atlantic, off Nantucket, Massachusetts; the flight had departed Bermuda.
- Why
- The cause of the plane's disappearance is not stated.
- Aircraft
- Gulfstream G100 jet
- Tail number
- CGRJP
- Flight
- Overnight medical transport flight bound for Massachusetts from Bermuda
- People aboard
- Six: two passengers and four crew members
- Contact loss
- Reported around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday
- Search finding
- A debris field off Nantucket, reported by the Coast Guard on Sunday
- Descent stated in headline
- 14,000 feet in two minutes