UPDATE — Oct. 4, 2026, 9:05 p.m. EDT: The Coast Guard later suspended the search after about 66 hours and more than 4,400 square miles covered. Six people remain missing. The briefing below was recorded earlier Sunday while the search was still active.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Northeast District commander on Sunday gave a public update on the search for six people aboard a medical transport plane that vanished off the coast of Nantucket early Saturday.
Speaking at a press conference at Coast Guard Sector Boston, Rear Adm. Matt Lake, joined by Capt. John McTamney and search-and-rescue mission coordinator Lt. Cmdr. Kastriot Kastrati, briefed reporters on the operation and took questions. The briefing is public-domain footage released by the Coast Guard on DVIDS.
The aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 registered to air-ambulance operator Latitude Air Ambulance, was traveling from Bermuda to Boston when air traffic controllers lost contact with it early Saturday. It departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport with four crew members and two passengers aboard, according to statements from the operator and airport.
Coast Guard crews found a debris field roughly 20 miles south of Nantucket and confirmed it was associated with the missing aircraft. At the time of the 11 a.m. Sunday briefing, the Coast Guard said crews had searched roughly 2,840 square miles over about 53 and a half hours. The search was suspended later Sunday after expanding to more than 4,400 square miles over about 66 hours.
The names of the six people aboard have not been publicly released. Authorities have not publicly announced the recovery of any occupants or issued a final determination about the cause.
Video: U.S. Coast Guard (public domain, via DVIDS)