Authorities launched a search for a missing small plane Saturday, that may have disappeared while flying over northeast Washington state.

The plane, a Gulfstream G100 with 6 people aboard, lost contact at around 2 a.m. A search was underway Saturday off the coast of Nantucket.

OLYMPIA – The search for a missing plane and passengers concluded Sunday evening, Oct. 11 after search and rescue teams with the Washington State Department of Transportation located the aircraft wreckage in Aeneas Valley near Tonasket. The pilot, 61-year-old Nicholas Grachanin and passenger Jim Merik were found deceased inside the aircraft.

A pilot and a passenger were found deceased in the plane.

A Gulfstream G100 carrying six people was flying from Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact near the Massachusetts island.