Canadian air ambulance missing off Nantucket with 6 aboard; U.S. Coast Guard searching

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On October 3, 2026, a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance (registration C-GRJP, call sign HTT104) departed L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda at approximately 12:41 a.m. local time, bound for Boston. Six people were aboard: four crew members and two passengers, according to an official statement from Bermuda airport operator Skyport.

The aircraft is operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, based at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton, Ontario. Flight telemetry data showed a sudden, rapid descent — more than 9,000 feet in about two minutes — with a final logged descent rate exceeding 4,500 feet per minute before the signal cut off.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a search and rescue alert for the plane at about 1:20 a.m. and notified the U.S. Coast Guard at about 2:00 a.m. after controllers lost contact with the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The Coast Guard has dispatched aircraft from Cape Cod and Elizabeth City, a helicopter, a motor lifeboat and the Boston-based cutter USCGC William Sparling to search waters south of Nantucket. The weather near Nantucket was reported clear Saturday morning.

The Government of Bermuda said it has been in contact with the families of those aboard. Premier David Burt said: "My thoughts are with everyone on board and their families during this deeply worrying time. We are praying that all six people will be found safe, and we thank the search and rescue crews for their continuing efforts."

CBC reported that the four crew members — two pilots and two medical staff — are Canadians who had flown to Bermuda to collect a patient and the patient's relative. The nationalities of those on board have not yet been officially verified, and no wreckage or survivors have been confirmed as the search continues.