Aircraft Vanishes Over Caribbean Sea After Departing St. Vincent for Tobago

Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are investigating after an aircraft travelling between the two Caribbean nations failed to arrive at its destination and was reported missing.

The aircraft departed Argyle International Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines bound for Tobago’s ANR Robinson International Airport. However, air traffic controllers reportedly lost communication with the aircraft during the journey, prompting concerns about its whereabouts.

According to preliminary information, the aircraft was operating under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and was flying below 4,000 feet at the time contact was lost.

Additional flight-tracking data has since identified the aircraft as a Beechcraft 58P Baron, registration HI-1145. The twin-engine aircraft reportedly departed St. Vincent at approximately 11:52 a.m. on Friday and was heading south toward Tobago when tracking information suddenly disappeared.

Data from Flightradar24 showed the aircraft flying at approximately 4,025 feet and travelling at around 142 knots before all signals were lost.

The aircraft’s last recorded position was reportedly about 47 miles south of St. Vincent on a 170-degree heading. Based on those coordinates, the aircraft was over the southern Caribbean Sea, in an area near Grenadian or Venezuelan territorial waters, when contact was lost.

At this stage, authorities have not confirmed that the aircraft crashed. No wreckage has been found, and there has been no official information released regarding the number of people on board.

Officials are currently treating the aircraft as overdue while efforts continue to determine what happened.

Authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have so far remained tight-lipped about the situation. The incident remains under investigation, and further updates are expected as officials gather more information.