At least one person is dead after a small airplane carrying two occupants crashed just short of an airport runway in Turks and Caicos on Tuesday. The flight was coming from a South Florida airport, officials said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a Cessna 210 with two occupants crashed just before the runway at Providencial International Airport, also known as Howard Hamilton International Airport, in Turks and Caicos around 4 p.m. The aircraft was arriving from North Perry Airport in Fort Lauderdale, and the crash happened as it was on approach to the island’s airport, said the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA).
The TCIAA said local emergency services, including airside fire and rescue, medical response teams, and law enforcement, responded immediately to the crash. The agency added that a support boat from Las Brisas was also dispatched to assist in the rescue…