At least six people, including a child, were killed when a Piper Aztec plane crashed near Andros Island in the Bahamas yesterday.
While details of the crash are still being awaited, the parliamentary representative for North Andros and Berry Islands, Carlton Bowleg Junior, said that the plane which was reported missing en route to Nassau from Andros had indeed crashed.
Bowleg, who offered condolences to the family of victims of the crash, said he knew all of the victims.
Aviation officials confirmed the discovery of one body floating in waters just east of North Andros. They said debris found near the body could be associated with a wider crash, but were unable to confirm it as the crash site.
Director of the Accident Investigations Department in the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority Delvin Major told reporters that officials are unable to provide any details on the aircraft and its flight plan.
He said that flights leaving Family Island airports are not required to log flight plans, a detail that has limited the department’s initial investigation.
