Boston-bound plane with six people aboard goes missing; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast
The US Coast Guard is actively searching for a Gulfstream jet with six people aboard that went silent with air traffic control on Saturday morning.
Nantucket, Massachusetts - A U.S. Coast Guard search is underway for a small plane carrying six passengers that lost communication during a flight from Bermuda to Boston at around 1 a.m. Saturday. The aircraft, a Gulfstream G100, reported a loss of contact to the Federal Aviation Administration early Saturday morning. The missing jet departed from Bermuda's L.F.
Wade International Airport and was en route to Boston Logan International Airport. Coast Guard crews are conducting a search both in the air and on the water, covering the vast expanse off the coast of Nantucket.
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