Private Medical Jet Bound for Boston Goes Missing with Six Aboard After Bermuda Takeoff

A private Gulfstream jet carrying six people disappeared after taking off from Bermuda en route to Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. The aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 with tail number CGRJP, was being used as a medical transfer plane, according to a Coast Guard spokesperson who provided the information by email. The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard early Saturday that contact with the plane had been lost. The flight had departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda and was headed to Boston Logan International Airport, the FAA said in a statement, adding that it had issued a Search and Rescue Alert Notice (ALNOT) for the aircraft. The Coast Guard has dispatched both air and surface crews to search for the missing jet near Nantucket, an affluent island community located south of mainland Massachusetts. "Air & surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft. Updates will be provided here as info becomes available," the Coast Guard Northeast District announced on X. Among the search assets involved are Air Station Cape Cod, USCG Station Brant Point, which is based in Nantucket, and the USCGC William Sparling, a Fast Response Cutter, according to a Coast Guard release. The Coast Guard is continuing its search for the Gulfstream G100 jet off the coast of Nantucket.