Six presumed dead after medical plane vanishes off Massachusetts coast

5 Oct 2026 • 3:24 PM MYT
The Independent
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Six presumed dead after medical plane vanishes off Massachusetts coast

  • Six people aboard a medical transport plane that went missing off the coast of Massachusetts are presumed to be dead, according to the aircraft's operator.
  • The US Coast Guard suspended its search for survivors off Nantucket island on Sunday evening following the discovery of a debris field.
  • Latitude Air Ambulance said in a statement: “We must now face the heartbreaking reality that the four members of our Latitude team, our patient and the patient's family escort, who were aboard Heartbeat 104, are presumed to have died.”
  • The Gulfstream G100 lost contact with air traffic control in the early hours of Saturday, having left Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport for Boston's Logan International Airport at 11.40pm.
  • Just after 1am EDT, an area fire dispatcher asked emergency crews to prepare to meet a plane with an "electrical issue", according to the BBC. The dispatcher later said "the aircraft has lost radio and radar".

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