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JUST IN: Debris field from missing plane located off Nantucket.
The search continues south of the island.
The Coast Guard stated “next of kin have been notified.”
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A view of one of the Coast Guard planes searching the waters south of Nantucket for the missing plane.
This photo was taken from an incoming JetBlue flight by island resident Brooke Mohr, who shared it with the Current Saturday afternoon.
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BREAKING: A search is underway 13 nautical miles south of Nantucket for a Gulfstream aircraft with six persons on board. The FAA reported losing contact with the aircraft early Saturday morning.
The Gulfstream G100 (tail #CGRJP) air ambulance was traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
Coast Guard Station Brant Point has its 47-foot motor life boat in the search area now, according to master chief John Lowell, along with numerous other Coast Guard assets including an MH-60 helicopter, one HC-144, one C-130, and a 154-foot cutter searching.
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A view of one of the Coast Guard planes searching the waters south of Nantucket for the missing plane.
This photo was taken from an incoming JetBlue flight by island resident Brooke Mohr and shares with the Current Saturday afternoon.
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You can see on @flightradar24 the area the two Coast Guard aircraft have been focusing on for the past few hours as the search for the missing plane south of Nantucket continues:
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You can see on @flightradar24 the area the two Coast Guard aircraft have been focusing on for the past few hours as the search for the missing plane south of Nantucket continues:
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Nantucket Harbormaster staff and Nantucket Police are now searching the south shore of Nantucket.
This photo was taken in Madaket by Greg Creedon.
"We have an ATV and a truck doing shore line searches with NPD. We have a crew underway at Madaket...Our crews will respond to inshore incidents so the Coast Guard can focus their efforts off shore," Harbormaster Sheila Lucey tells the Current.
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Nantucket Current retweeted
HEART BEAT 104 (Latitude Air Ambulance) declared a emergency with NEW YORK CENTER ATC just after 0430 Zulu (12:30 AM Eastern) before they went missing.
Audio via @liveatc
The missing jet is a Canadian registered IAI 1125 Astra SPX tail number C-GRJP that operates as an air ambulance. The flight was from Bermuda to Boston.
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New info: the missing plane declared an emergency before losing contact, according to the manager of Nantucket Memorial Airport
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Here’s the view from Surfside Beach where we could see Coast Guard aircraft and Station Brant Point’s motor lifeboat taking part in the search for the missing plane south of Nantucket:
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AÂ concrete bumper at the north slip of Steamboat Wharf suffered damage after being struck by the incoming M/VÂ Woods Hole ferry Wednesday night.
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Opening day of Nantucket’s recreational bay scalloping season.
Here was the scene at Fulling Mill in Nantucket Harbor:
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"We Will Swim To Nantucket If We Have To"
Inside The 34 Weddings On The Island During The Nor'Easter
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