Coast Guard searches for missing jet carrying 6 people off Nantucket
A Gulfstream G-100 carrying six people lost contact with air traffic controllers early the morning of Oct. 3, authorities said.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Nantucket for a missing jet carrying six people after it went missing the morning of Oct. 3.
The jet, a Gulfstream G-100, lost contact with flight controllers early in the morning, the Coast Guard's Northeast District said. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to USA TODAY that it issued a search and rescue alert notice for the jet at about 1:20 a.m. local time.
The six people on board were flying from L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda to Boston Logan International Airport, the FAA said.
Authorities are searching with air and surface crews off the coast of Nantucket, the island south of Cape Cod. Bermuda is nearly 700 miles from Nantucket.
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