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Turks and Caicos Plane Crash: One Fatality, One Survivor

July 29, 2025 • 2 min read
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Wreckage of a plane crash in Chalk Sound, Turks and Caicos on July 29 2025.
Wreckage of the Cessna 210 that crashed Tuesday afternoon. © Agile LeVin / Visit Turks and Caicos Islands

Update July 30 2025: The Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority has confirmed there was one fatality and one survivor. The military of Guyana—the Guyana Defence Force—confirmed in a Wednesday press release that one of its officers, Captain Dwight Bonus, is the surviving passenger. Only two individuals appear to have been onboard the plane at the time of the crash.

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands — Authorities were called to the scene of a plane crash Tuesday afternoon near the Providenciales International Airport (PLS), where the wreckage of a Cessna 210 arriving from the United States was identified.

The small aircraft crashed approximately 1,900 feet (600 m) west of the airport’s runway in the vegetation bordering the Chalk Sound lagoon. Records from FlightAware show that the plane appears to have departed Hollywood, Florida at 11:37 AM EDT, and was last seen near Mayaguana, Bahamas before crashing in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

No details have been released yet regarding the identity and number of occupants or possible injuries. The plane's tail number, visible in images taken of the crash, appears to be registered to MOB Aviation USA LLC.

Police attending to a plane crash in Turks and Caicos.
The Royal Turks and Caicos Police at the scene of the crash. © Agile LeVin / Visit Turks and Caicos Islands

In the wake of the crash, the Providenciales International Airport—also known as the Howard Hamilton International Airport—was temporarily closed. It has since reopened, wrote the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) in a press release Tuesday afternoon.

The TCIAA added that they are actively managing the situation in coordination with local authorities, and that formal updates will be shared as more information becomes available.

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