Abaco Plane Crash Kills All Onboard
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Officials have confirmed the death of two pilots onboard a plane that crashed in Treasure Cay, Abaco on Monday afternoon.
According to the Nassau Guardian, police said the pilots onboard the plane “perished.”
The plane crash occurred sometime after 3:30 and is seen in a video, fully engulfed in flames.
Abaco reporter Silbert Mills showed the burning wreck of the plane as smoke billowed from the brushes where the plane plummeted.
The victims onboard the plane are believed to be Jason Allen and Lavan Paul.
According to the Nassau Guardian, Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the plane arrived from The Dominican Republic and was headed to Nassau.
A flight tracker shows that the pilots left The Dominican Republic on Friday at 2:03 in the afternoon and arrived in Treasure Cay, Abaco an hour and 42 minutes later where they stopped over.
The tracker shows that the pilots were expected to leave Abaco for Nassau at two o’clock on Monday.
According to police, Abaco officers discovered the burning wreckage in bushes some distance away from the Treasure Cay Airport.
Police said its initial report indicates that the airplane was seen taxiing and a short time later, smoke and fire were seen billowing from the plane.
The cause of the crash remains unknown.
