Two bodies recovered from crashed Cessna aircraft in Dominica

National Security Minister of Dominica, Rayburn Blackmoore, has confirmed search and rescue teams yesterday recovered two of the four bodies from the four-seater Cessna 172 aircraft that crashed on a mountaintop soon after it departed the Douglas-Charles Airport on January 26 en route to Martinique.

He told a news conference that the wreckage of the plane was discovered on a mountaintop in the heights of La Plaine, on the island's southeast coast, in a rugged area that poses significant challenges for recovery teams.

The Dominica Air and Sea Ports Authority, in a brief statement last Monday, had said the aircraft lost communications after its departure around 3.46 pm.

Mr Blackmoore said with the assistance of personnel from the French island of Martinique, the wreckage was sighted the day following the crash but was impossible to reach by foot.