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 agents validated 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 Exigency crews including airside fire and rescue biological personnel and law enforcement responded at once to the scene A rescue boat was also deployed as part of the coordinated urgency response Both occupants were attended to by urgency curative teams and agents validated that one person died as a upshot of the crash The airport was temporarily closed at p m to facilitate urgency operations and reopened just over two hours later at p m The National Assurance Council along with the Civil Aviation Authority and other agencies has launched a full probe into the cause of the occurrence Our thoughts remain with the individuals involved in in the modern day s crash and their loved ones stated Arlington Musgrove the minister responsible for the TCIAA Further information including the identities of those on board has not yet been issued