St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues search for plane that disappeared Friday

Search operations are ongoing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a missing aircraft that vanished en route to Tobago.

The Beech 58P Pressurized Baron, bearing Dominican Republic registration HI-1145, departed from Argyle International Airport in St. Vincent on Friday. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane at 11:52 a.m. while it was in flight, prompting a regional search effort involving aviation and emergency officials across the Caribbean.

Flight tracking data indicated the aircraft was flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) at an altitude of approximately 4,025 feet and a speed of about 142 knots before its signal disappeared. Its last known position was over the southern Caribbean Sea, near the territorial waters of Grenada or Venezuela.

Authorities have not yet disclosed the number of people on board or the identities of the pilot and passengers. The Beech Baron model typically accommodates a pilot and up to five passengers. This incident marks the second aircraft disappearance on the Canouan-St. Vincent route in recent years; a plane vanished in the area in December 2023, and its whereabouts remain unknown.