KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – At least four people, including the pilot of a small aircraft, died when the plane crashed soon after take-off from the James Mitchell Airport in Bequia.
They have been identified as the pilot, Robert Sachs and passengers Christian Klepser, 51, a citizen of the United States and his daughters, Annik, 13 and Madeira, 11.
Initial reports indicate that the small aircraft with registration number n4023b was on its way to St. Lucia with the passengers who had arrived on Bequia on Boxing Day last year for a short vacation.
The Caribbean Media Corporation’s (CMC) correspondent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Kenton X. Chance, who travelled to the sister isle of Bequia soon after the crash, quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the bodies had been retrieved.
He said divers at a nearby fisheries complex went to the area where the plane crashed “and after a few moments were able to locate the aircraft.
Chance said the wreckage of the aircraft is located about 60 to 70 feet and that the bodies have been handed over to the local Coast Guard.
There has been no official statement as yet from the authorities.
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