1 dead after plane that departed from North Perry Airport crashes in Turks and Caicos, officials say

A small aircraft that departed from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines crashed while approaching Howard Hamilton International Airport in Turks and Caicos killing one of the two people on board personnel substantiated The Cessna bearing tail number N S departed from North Perry Airport on Tuesday and crashed while on approach to land in Providenciales according to the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority Crisis crews including airside fire and rescue medicinal personnel and law enforcement responded instantly to the scene A rescue boat was also deployed as part of the coordinated urgency response Both occupants were attended to by emergency anatomical teams and officers ratified that one person died as a aftermath of the crash The airport was temporarily closed at p m to facilitate crisis operations and reopened just over two hours later at p m The National Precaution Council along with the Civil Aviation Authority and other agencies has launched a full scrutiny into the cause of the circumstance Our thoughts remain with the individuals involved in the present day s crash and their loved ones mentioned Arlington Musgrove the minister responsible for the TCIAA Further information including the identities of those on board has not yet been disclosed