Medical evacuation jet with six aboard presumed lost off Nantucket coast
A Gulfstream G100 medical transport aircraft carrying six people lost contact with flight controllers early Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard launched extensive search operations off Nantucket, Massachusetts, and subsequently suspended the search effort on Sunday with six people presumed dead. Debris from the aircraft was recovered during the search.
Left-leaning outlets emphasized the tragedy with descriptions like 'grim announcement' and 'mysterious mid-air emergency,' focusing on the six missing people and the Coast Guard's suspended search efforts.
Right-leaning outlets reported the facts of the missing aircraft and Coast Guard search with neutral language, describing it as a 'desperate' search effort without additional characterization of the outcome.