(../../../../favicon_aje.ico) US coastguard suspends search for six on board crashed medical jet | News | Al Jazeera    (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/us-coastguard-suspends-search-for-six-on-board-crashed-medical-jet)                                           (https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/10/5/us-coastguard-suspends-search-for-six-on-board-crashed-medical-jet)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-04T062436Z_1533483136_RC24WNAD0WTO_RTRMADP_3_USA-PLANE-MISSING-1791166765.jpg?resize=1445%2C1080&quality=80)  (../../../../wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-04T062436Z_1533483136_RC24WNAD0WTO_RTRMADP_3_USA-PLANE-MISSING-1791166765.jpg@resize=770,513&quality=80)     (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (../../../../static/css/vendor~main~d08ff9cb.24bf1742.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~748942c6.6c6e15fe.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~b07b7304.e3bc53a0.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~6e6dca10.74fd263a.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~5db14389.a7dc5dd5.r2.chunk.css) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Bold.52bb58c8.woff2) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Regular.c5bf51b6.woff2)  (../../../../static/css/vendor~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-blo~5f903362.2e08e417.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~41c72a2c.3f309873.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~06be7c11.0625e98d.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/pages/article-page~493df0b3.accd71c7.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)   Skip links (us-coastguard-suspends-search-for-six-on-board-crashed-medical-jet@traffic_source=rss.html#main-content-area) Skip to Content  (https://www.aljazeera.com/)          (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Sign up  Show navigation menu     Navigation menu (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News    Show more news sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/africa/) Africa   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia/) Asia   (https://www.aljazeera.com/us-canada/) US & Canada   (https://www.aljazeera.com/latin-america/) Latin America   (https://www.aljazeera.com/europe/) Europe   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia-pacific/) Asia Pacific      (https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east/) Middle East   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/explainer/) Explained   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sports) Sport   (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinion/) Opinion   (https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/) Video   More   Show more sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/aljazeera-originals) Originals   (https://www.aljazeera.com/features/) Features   (https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/) Economy   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/human-rights/) Human Rights   (https://www.aljazeera.com/climate-crisis) Climate Crisis   (https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/) Investigations   (https://www.aljazeera.com/interactives/) Interactives   (https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/) In Pictures   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/science-and-technology/) Science & Technology   (https://www.aljazeera.com/audio/podcasts) Podcasts   (https://www.aljazeera.com/travel) Travel   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sponsored/) Sponsored Content        (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Click here to search search     Sign up        (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News   US coastguard suspends search for six on board crashed medical jet Debris found off Nantucket island after the air ambulance disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston.   Listen   Listen (2 mins)       Save       Share US coastguard suspends search for six on board crashed medical jet on social media share-nodes    Share (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fnqu1pj) facebook      (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US%20coastguard%20suspends%20search%20for%20six%20on%20board%20crashed%20medical%20jet&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fnqu1pj) x    (whatsapp://send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fnqu1pj) whatsapp-stroke    (https://aje.news/nqu1pj)  copylink          google       Add Al Jazeera on Google  info      (coast guard)   US coastguard members search off Nantucket, Massachusetts, October 3, 2026, after debris from a medical transport aircraft was found [Handout/US Coast Guard via Reuters]   By  APand Reuters   Published On 5 Oct 2026 5 Oct 2026    The United States coastguard has suspended its search for six people on board a medical transport jet that crashed while flying from Bermuda to Boston. “Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” Rear Admiral Matthew Lake, commander of the ⁠coastguard’s Northeast District, said in a statement on Sunday. Recommended Stories list of 2 items list 1 of 2 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/brazils-presidential-race-three-key-takeaways-from-the-first-round) Brazil’s presidential race: Three key takeaways from the first round  list 2 of 2 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/nicaragua-says-it-will-withdraw-from-central-american-parliament) Nicaragua says it will withdraw from Central American Parliament   end of list  The search was called off after teams spent about 66 hours covering 4,445 miles (7,150km) by air and sea and confirmed that (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/3/air-ambulance-missing-on-flight-from-bermuda-to-boston) debris found off the shore of Massachusetts’s Nantucket Island came from the aircraft. The Gulfstream G100 carried two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and a relative, Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Canada-based Latitude Air Ambulance, told Canada’s public broadcaster CBC. The four crew members were Canadian, and the two passengers were Bermudian, according to authorities. In a statement on Sunday, Latitude Air Ambulance said, “Given the information shared by authorities and the conclusion of ⁠the search-and-rescue phase, 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.” Attention has turned to what happened in the jet’s final minutes, when flight-tracking data showed a steep descent and air traffic controllers struggled to re-establish contact. Authorities have not determined what caused the aircraft to come down. The aircraft had flown to Bermuda to collect the patient and was heading to Boston Logan International airport. Advertisement    The US Federal Aviation Administration alerted the coastguard at about 2am on Saturday (06:00 GMT) after contact with the jet was lost. Lake said at a Sunday news conference that the water around the debris was about 80 to 90 feet (24-27 metres) deep. He offered condolences to the families of those on board and thanked the agencies involved in the operation. Latitude Air Ambulance specialises in medical evacuation and repatriation flights, carrying patients home from other countries. 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