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Coast Guard Searches for Missing Air Ambulance Off Nantucket

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing Ontario-registered air-ambulance jet off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The aircraft is a Gulfstream G100 (tail C-GRJP) owned by Latitude Air Ambulance, Hamilton, Ontario.
Six people aboard included two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical staff, a patient and a relative.
Contact was lost around 1:20 a.m. local time.
Air and surface crews, including a helicopter, boats and planes, have been deployed to the search area.

History

Historical Context

The 2009 disappearance of Air France Flight 447 triggered a two-year, multinational effort—led by France’s BEA, French navy submarines and U.S. Navy sonar assets—that finally located wreckage in April 2011. That coordinated maritime-air model now guides today’s U.S. Coast Guard, Latitude Air Ambulance and Massachusetts responders as they search for the missing Gulfstream G100 off Nantucket.

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Story summary

U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing Ontario-registered air-ambulance jet off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The aircraft is a Gulfstream G100 (tail C-GRJP) owned by Latitude Air Ambulance, Hamilton, Ontario.
Six people aboard included two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical staff, a patient and a relative.
Contact was lost around 1:20 a.m. local time.
Air and surface crews, including a helicopter, boats and planes, have been deployed to the search area.

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