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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Gulfstream jet carrying six people that lost contact with flight controllers Saturday morning on its way to Boston from the island of Bermuda.
The Coast Guard said air and surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft, a Gulfstream G100 jet.
The plane was carrying out a medical evacuation in Bermuda, said Clarence Togeretz, the director of flight operations at Latitude Air Ambulance, which operates the plane.
“We always get rather concerned when our crew doesn’t report to us in a timely manner,” he told NBC News. “But I will say that again, optimistically and positively, that doesn’t mean that the worst has happened.”
Togeretz added that Latitude Air Ambulance has an emergency response plan in place “absolutely for anything that might occur to any of our missions.”
Latitude Air Ambulance is a Canadian-based medical transportation company that operates specially equipped private airplanes to transport and treat the sick or injured, according to the company’s website. The company serves private clients seeking bedside-to-bedside medical, patients who required advanced care not available at their originating hospital and insured patients who become critically ill or injured while abroad, according to the website.
The Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Boston Logan International Airport, said the aircraft did not arrive as scheduled. A spokesperson said: “Our thoughts are with those on board and their loved ones as the search continues.”
Air traffic control tower audio from Boston, obtained by NBC News, appears to indicate that controllers asked the aircraft if it was “coming in blind.”
Controllers later ask another plane to “attempt contact” with the jet. It is unclear whether that attempt was successful.
The current search area is “off the coast of Nantucket,” the Coast Guard Northeast District said in an update on X.
Emergency services audio obtained by NBC News asked vessels to keep a “sharp lookout” for any signs of a “possible aircraft in the water.” Data from Flightradar24 showed a number of aircraft searching south of the island.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that it issued a search-and-rescue notice for the jet at 1:20 a.m. ET on Saturday, and is coordinating with the Coast Guard and Rescue Coordination Center to locate the aircraft.
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic, about 650 miles from North Carolina.
The government of Bermuda confirmed in a post on X on Saturday that the aircraft was reported missing.
Bermuda Premier David Burt said in a statement that his “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,” he said.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.
I’m a reporter on NBC News’ breaking news team, covering crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton, which devastated the Tampa, Florida, metropolitan area, and the student-led protests at Columbia University.
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