The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force says Christian Klepser and his two daughters are among the four dead in a small plane crash.
A 51-year-old American and his two daughters have died in the Caribbean after the aircraft they were traveling in “plummeted into the ocean” moments after takeoff, officials say.
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force said the small, one-engine aircraft owned and piloted by Robert Sachs, a resident of the island of Bequia, crashed into the sea about one nautical mile west of the island of Petit Nevis around midday Thursday.
“The aircraft went airborne from the J.F. Mitchell Airport in Paget Farm about 12:11 p.