The U.S. Coast Guard located a debris field in the waters south of Nantucket from the plane that went missing off the island early Saturday. [E6] After searching 1,644 square miles, the Coast Guard announced late Saturday night that it had confirmed the debris field was linked to the Gulfstream G100 aircraft that had been traveling from Bermuda to Boston before declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers. [E4]
The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard at about 2 a.m. that contact had been lost with the aircraft, tail number C-GRJP. [E3] The Coast Guard Northeast District spent Saturday searching for the medical transport. [E2]
Aboard were four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals. [E5] The Coast Guard said the search for them would continue, and the cutter William Sparling would remain south of the island overnight. [E7][E8]
A medical transport exists to deliver someone to care. Confirmed wreckage of that aircraft, with the overnight search still named for the six, means this crossing did not reach Boston. [E4][E7][E8] The same overnight watch can still be a rescue. A later Coast Guard notice that the six were found alive would leave Saturday as that rescue.