Air ambulance carrying six people crashes off Nantucket coast during flight from Bermuda to Boston
A Gulfstream G100 air ambulance operated by Ontario-based Latitude Air Ambulance lost contact with air traffic control early on October 3, 2026, while flying from Bermuda to Boston with four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers. A debris field was found off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The US Coast Guard suspended the search on October 5, 2026, after 66 hours, and the operation shifted to recovery.
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Divergence score
18 outlets covered it, splitting into 13 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
13 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 18 outlets placed this story
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Globe and Mail
Al Jazeera
AP News
Washington Examiner
The Guardian
Daily Wire
Jerusalem Post
Breitbart
Washington Times
NPR
BBC
CNN
ABC News
South China Morning Post
Reuters
NY Post
The Hill
Newsmax
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Globe and Mail
Search ends for 4 Canadians, 2 Bermudians on air ambulance that disappeared off Boston coast
search suspension and company background · negative
Washington Examiner
Crews find 'debris field' from six-person medical flight missing over Atlantic en route to Boston
debris field and expert analysis · neutral
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- Daily Wire+2.1 h
- CNN+4.7 h
- ABC News+6.8 h
- Breitbart+8.2 h
- Globe and Mail+9.1 h
- BBC+9.6 h
- The Guardian+10.7 h
- Washington Times+14.9 h
- NPR+16.1 h
- Al Jazeera+16.7 h
- NY Post+19.2 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
Headlines that changed · the same article, re-listed with a new headline
Globe and Mail · 2026-10-03 17:13 UTC
U.S. Coast Guard searching for Ontario air ambulance missing off Nantucket
Globe and Mail · 2026-10-04 03:09 UTC
U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing air ambulance with six aboard, including four Canadians
NPR · 2026-10-04 03:45 UTC
Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane carrying 6 people
Al Jazeera · 2026-10-04 04:24 UTC
Air ambulance missing on flight from Bermuda to Boston
BBC · 2026-10-04 04:24 UTC
Medical plane with 6 on board missing off Massachusetts coast
The Guardian · 2026-10-04 22:05 UTC
US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts
BBC · 2026-10-04 23:56 UTC
Debris found from plane that went missing off US coast
South China Morning Post · 2026-10-05 03:46 UTC
Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed
AP News · 2026-10-05 13:40 UTC
Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - AP News
AP News · 2026-10-05 14:21 UTC
Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - apnews.com
AP News · 2026-10-05 17:12 UTC
Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - AP News
AP News · 2026-10-06 06:19 UTC
Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - apnews.com
The split, in one line
Most outlets report identical wire-sourced facts on the crash; the Globe and Mail alone follows through to suspension of the search and the company's history, while early-breaking outlets like Daily Wire and CNN provide only the initial disappearance.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
THE LEFT
“Coast Guard searches off Nantucket for missing medical transport aircraft with 6 aboard”CNN CNN LEFT
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THE RIGHT
“Coast Guard Launches Search for Missing Jet Plane Off Coast of Nantucket”B Breitbart RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - AP News” · Globe and Mail, Al Jazeera, AP News, Jerusalem Post, BBC, South China Morning Post, Reuters
+Hide the full sourcingSee how all 18 outlets put it
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GThe Guardian US Coast Guard finds debris of missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts 5d ago NPRNPR Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people 5d ago CNNCNN Coast Guard searches off Nantucket for missing medical transport aircraft with 6 aboard 6d ago LEFT-CENTER1
ABCABC News Medical transport airplane missing off Massachusetts, Coast Guard says 6d ago CENTER3
APAP News Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston - AP News 5d ago RReuters US Coast Guard searching for missing jet carrying 6 people bound for Boston 5d ago HThe Hill Search suspended for 6 aboard medical flight that went missing near Nantucket: Coast Guard 4d ago RIGHT6
WEWashington Examiner Crews find 'debris field' from six-person medical flight missing over Atlantic en route to Boston 5d ago DWDaily Wire Six Missing After Medical Jet Vanishes Off Massachusetts Coast 6d ago BBreitbart Coast Guard Launches Search for Missing Jet Plane Off Coast of Nantucket 6d ago WTWashington Times Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on a trip from Bermuda to Boston 5d ago NYPNY Post Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket 5d ago NMNewsmax Search Suspended for 6 People on Missing Medical Flight From Bermuda to Boston - Newsmax 4d ago INTERNATIONAL5
GMGlobe and Mail Search ends for 4 Canadians, 2 Bermudians on air ambulance that disappeared off Boston coast 4d ago AJAl Jazeera Debris from missing medical plane found, US coastguard says 5d ago JPJerusalem Post US Coast Guard launches search for missing Canadian medical jet carrying six 5d ago BBCBBC Rescuers suspend search for survivors after plane went missing off US coast 6d ago SCSouth China Morning Post Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed 4d ago 7 tracked claims across 18 outlets
Fact ledger
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Corroborated
A Gulfstream G100 air ambulance lost contact with the FAA early on October 3, 2026, during a flight from Bermuda to Boston
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