Mysterious Rocky Point plane crash baffles Jamaican authorities
Gavin Riley / Our Today
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The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) faces increased scrutiny this weekend after a small aeroplane crashlanded in Rocky Point, Clarendon on Saturday (January 23)—seemingly without being detected in the island’s airspace.
The plane, a North American Sabre 60 which was de-registered in Mexico, slammed into shallow water around 7:00 pm, Our Today understands.
The incident has taken aviation authorities by surprise, as they reportedly had no prior knowledge of plans to fly the plane into Jamaican airspace
The vessel survived the crash mostly intact, however, neither the occupants — who first alerted Kingston aviation officials before encountering difficulty — nor the contents have been found.
A joint police-military team arrived to inspect the aeroplane but not before curious onlookers dug around the crash site.
Several videos of the residents’ interactions with the airplane went viral on social media platforms.
Government officials from the JCAA, as well as Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaica Defence Force (JCF), have since launched a high-level investigation into the mysterious crash landing and disappearances.
More information to come in subsequent updates.
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