KINGSTOWN, St.  Vincent/CMC - The St Vincent and the Grenadines government Monday said that the Dominican Republic-registered aircraft that went missing en route to Tobago over the last weekend, has been found with no loss of lives.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, St Clair Leacock, told a radio programme that international, regional, and national agencies have located the aircraft. He gave no indication as to the location.

A statement from the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Sustainable Development had stated that the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, identified as a B58T or 58P Pressurized Baron-bearing the registration number HI-1145, had departed Argyle International Airport at 11.52 am (local time) last Friday with two people on board.