Plane flying at sunset. File photo.
BEQUIA, St. Vincent--The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard has confirmed the death of four people after a plane heading to St. Lucia from Bequia crashed.
Coast Guard Commander Deon Henry told St. Lucia Times that at 12:08pm on Thursday, January 4, the Coast Guard received a report that a plane had crashed into the sea off Bequia.
“The plane left Bequia for St. Lucia with four persons on board,” Henry said.
He said a Vincentian piloted the light aircraft with three American nationals, a father and two young daughters, on board.
Henry said the weather was good.
Commander Henry disclosed that the Coast Guard and Bequia residents recovered the bodies.
According to reports, the plane was going to St. Lucia to take the three Americans to catch another flight.
They had been vacationing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
There were no further details at press time on Thursday. ~ St. Lucia Times ~
