Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, along with officials from the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies, the Fire Department, and Emergency Services are currently engaged in a search and rescue operation off the coast of Grand Turk.
This operation is being supported by Air Support from the US Coastguard and Customs and Border Protection.
Preliminary reports received state at 11.40 am today (January 03rd) a call was placed to the 911 Operations Center stating a flight originating from St Kitts with four persons crashed 17 miles southeast of the Airport.
This remains an ongoing operation.
This release will be updated as more information comes in.