Plane still missing
A small plane that departed from Santiago Cibao International Airport (STI) at 3:30pm and its 11 passengers and pilot is still missing. US Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter, jet and ship to scan the Atlantic Ocean near West Caicos island, over the area from where the pilot, Dominican Adrian Jimenez had reported an emergency around 5pm on Monday.
The multi-engine Britton Norman Island aircraft, tail number N650LP, departed Santiago en route to refuel in Mayaguana, Bahamas. Confusing reports say it would have refueled in Turks & Caicos, and relatives say the passengers were en route to New York when it dropped off radar.
The local aviation authority, the IDAC, reported that the pilot had his Dominican license canceled, and had filed the flight plan using his US license.
Passengers missing are Carlos Garcia, 36, Jose Luis Rodriguez, 28, Alexandra Abreu, 23, Maria Abreu, 21, Rosa Tavarez, 27, [...]
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