Coast Guard - Searching the Caribbean for Missing Aircraft

CNN iNternational is Reporting That departed from the Dominican Republican has been lost enroute to Turks and Caicos Islands

Rescue crews scoured the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday for a plane that took off from the Dominican Republic en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic Civil Aviation agency said.

Agency director Jose Tomas Perez said the flight left Santo Domingo at 4:30 p.m. Monday, and the plane later sent out a distress signal to Miami, Florida, that it was experiencing an emergency.

There were 12 people onboard, including the pilot.

Source: edition.cnn.com