Search suspended for 6 aboard medical flight that went missing near Nantucket: Coast Guard

Video above: The U.S. Coast Guard speaks about its efforts to locate the six people aboard the lost plane on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026.

NANTUCKET, Mass. ( WPRI ) — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Sunday night they have suspended their search off the coast of Nantucket for six people who went missing after contact with their plane was lost.

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, the FAA told the Coast Guard that contact had been lost with a Gulfstream G100 aircraft, tail number C-GRJP. The aircraft had six people on board and was flying from Bermuda to Boston. The passengers and crew consisted of four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals.

The aircraft “reportedly declared an emergency prior to the loss of contact,” a spokesperson for the Nantucket Memorial Airport said in a statement obtained by Nexstar’s WPRI. The statement noted that “details regarding the circumstances of the incident remain unconfirmed.”

On Saturday afternoon, they announced that search crews had located debris from the aircraft.

Despite continued search efforts on land and water on Sunday, the Coast Guard elected to call off the search.

“Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” Coast Guard Northeast District Commander Matthew Lake said in a statement. “We express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones affected by the tragedy and our gratitude to our partner agencies who helped support search efforts.”

Over 66 hours of searching, the Coast Guard said it searched roughly 4,445 square miles.

Authorities have not publicly identified those who were aboard the plane.

In a statement posted to social media on Saturday, the Government of Bermuda said it had “been in contact with the families of those on board.”

“My thoughts are with everyone on board and their families during this deeply worrying time,” Premier David Burt said in the statement.