A missing small twin-engine aircraft that vanished mid-flight between St Vincent and Tobago has been successfully located, with no loss of life reported, according to top security officials from St Vincent and the Grenadines. Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister Major St Clair Leacock confirmed the breakthrough in an interview on a local radio program Monday, but has kept key details including the plane’s exact location and the events that led to its disappearance under wraps. Leacock emphasized that sensitive operational details cannot be released to the public at this stage, as disclosing information could jeopardize the active security probe still underway. Unlike conventional search efforts that prioritize recovering the aircraft first, authorities are centering their work on the two people who were on board when the plane went missing. “Aircraft do not pilot themselves, so our priority is the individuals aboard this flight, not the machine itself,” Leacock explained. Since the aircraft was reported missing on Friday, Leacock said he has maintained continuous communication with local police leadership, the Regional Security System (RSS), and the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) to coordinate the response. Leacock’s announcement came just hours after Trinidad and Tobago’s Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Eli Zakour publicly stated that search operations remained the government’s top priority, and that no contact had been established with the missing craft at that time. Zakour shared flight details that identified the plane as a Beechcraft Baron 58, registered under the name HI-1145 to the Dominican Republic. It departed Argyle International Airport in St Vincent at 11:52 a.m. Friday, carrying two people on a scheduled 65-minute flight bound for ANR Robinson International Airport in Tobago. Records confirm the aircraft was fueled for roughly five hours of flight time, far exceeding the duration of the planned journey. The last recorded radio contact with the plane happened at approximately 12:11 p.m. through Argyle Approach Control, just moments before all communication cut off unexpectedly. Immediately after contact was lost, Piarco Area Control Centre activated full emergency search-and-rescue protocols, launching a coordinated operation with the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and multiple regional search-and-rescue organizations. Both private and military aircraft were dispatched to scour the plane’s last recorded position, but initial search teams returned without finding any wreckage or visual signs of the downed craft. Flight tracking data from popular aviation monitoring platform Flightradar24 shows the twin-engine plane was operating under visual flight rules, cruising at an altitude of roughly 4,025 feet at a speed of 142 knots, before tracking stopped abruptly over the southern Caribbean Sea. In the days before its disappearance, the plane is reported to have operated without any mechanical issues, completing multiple routine flights between the island of Canouan and mainland St Vincent. To date, neither Leacock nor any participating regional authority have released additional details: the location of the recovered plane, the current condition of the two people on board, and whether any formal criminal investigation has been opened remain undisclosed. The full circumstances that led to the plane’s disappearance remain the subject of an active, ongoing investigation.