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Two dead in Ragged Island plane crash

The tail section of a burned plane as seen in a video circulation on social media after the Ragged Island crash.

The tail section of a burned plane as seen in a video circulation on social media after the Ragged Island crash.

TWO people are dead after an early morning plane crash in Ragged Island on Sunday. 

Police said that officers were notified of the incident shortly before 5am. The crash occurred east of Duncan Town Airport. 

Police responded along with personnel from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos, and the US Drug Enforcement Agency. 

At the scene was a twin engine plane engulfed in flames. 

The charred remains of two people were found at the scene. 

Investigations are ongoing. 

Comments

hrysippus 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Why would a twin engine plane being trying to land in an Out Island that does not have runway lights in the pre-dawn hours? An emergency landing? Something else? Was not Ragged Island and it's policeperson just put ubder investigation a few months back?

Porcupine 4 weeks ago

Be careful asking too many questions. The voice note investigation, surely coming to a conclusion very soon, shortly after the election, may reveal some things we may not be happy with.

Sickened 4 weeks ago

By chance did the crash site smell like a spliff.

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