Small plane makes emergency landing in waters off Port-au-Prince
A Cessna 402 made an emergency landing in the waters off Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, prompting authorities to launch recovery efforts.
Neither the pilot nor the two passengers aboard Flight 6502 were injured after the plane, which was traveling from Cap-Haïtien to Port-au-Prince, went down shortly after 11 a.m. near Ibo Beach not far from Lafiteau. Images from the scene showed two people swimming.
The two were rescued with the help of a helicopter operated by the anti-gang task force. The force, which uses drones to target Haiti’s gangs, operates under the supervision of U.S.-based private security firm Vectus Global. The firm was founded by Erik Prince, the former CEO of private military contractor Blackwater.
The cause of the emergency landing is being investigated, ZED, the company that operates the aircraft, said in a statement. A new charter airline operating in Haiti, the company recently launched its first U.S.-bound flights from Miami International Airport.
