Representation of a Gulfstream G100: Aviation Photo Crew / Shutterstock.com The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people aboard a medical transport aircraft that went missing off the coast of Nantucket.
The Coast Guard said Sunday, October 4, 2026, that it had suspended search operations after crews and partner agencies spent about 66 hours looking for the aircraft.
The incident began around 2 a.m. Saturday, when the Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard that it had lost contact with a Gulfstream G100 traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
The United States Coast Guard later confirmed that the remains found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket belonged to the Gulfstream G100 aircraft that disappeared.
Six passengers were aboard the aircraft, including four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals. Authorities said the passengers' next of kin have been notified.
Coast Guard and partner agency crews searched approximately 4,445 miles during the operation. Multiple aircraft, helicopters, boats and a Coast Guard cutter were involved in the effort.
Among the participating units were an HC-144 Ocean Sentry, an HC-130 Hercules and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod. Crews from Coast Guard Station Brant Point also took part, along with the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling.
The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing contributed two HH-60 helicopter crews and an HC-130 aircraft to the search.
“Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” said Rear Adm. Matthew Lake, commander of the Coast Guard's Northeast District. He offered condolences to the families and loved ones affected by the incident and thanked the agencies that assisted with the search.