Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says

Six people were on the plane, the Coast Guard said.

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The U.S. Coast Guard was searching the waters off Massachusetts for a missing medical transfer plane with six people on board that went missing on Saturday morning, officials said.

A Gulfstream G100 Astra SPX aircraft operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, lands at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium, March 21, 2026.

The Federal Aviation Administration informed the Coast Guard they lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 around 2 a.m., as the plane flew from Bermuda to Boston, according to the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard is using air and sea vehicles to search around Nantucket, the agency said. As of Saturday 8:30 a.m., there had been no updates.