Coast Guard finds debris from medical jet missing off Nantucket
The US Coast Guard said late on Saturday that it had found debris from a medical transport jet carrying six people that went missing off Nantucket, Massachusetts. The plane lost contact with flight controllers early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. According to flight data, the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes before disappearing. The six people on board remained unaccounted for, officials said.
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The US Coast Guard said it found debris from the medical transport aircraft off Nantucket Island.1267
The jet was carrying six people on a flight from Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact early on Saturday.4567
Flight data showed the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, leveled off for several minutes, then disappeared.1
The Federal Aviation Administration alerted the Coast Guard at roughly 2 a.m. that it could no longer reach the plane.5
The aircraft was a Gulfstream jet on a medical evacuation flight.46
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