On Tuesday night's newscast we reported about a missing private aircraft. The Mexican registered Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, a twin engine light aircraft - was scheduled to return to the Phillip Goldson International Airport after a local flight on Saturday morning - but it never did.
In a highly unremarkable press release sent out today which only confirmed what had already been reported, the Civil Aviation Department said that there is no indication of the aircraft having crashed, it is believed that the pilot did not return. No kidding, right?
Police are now investigating.
The press release sent out by the Civil Aviation Department, also made mention of a mix up with two Mexican registered BELL helicopters which landed at the PGIA on Wednesday January 19th.
On Sunday, 23rd January , personnel from the Belize Airport Concession Company Ltd. alerted the Department of Civil Aviation that there were persons working around one of the helicopters and that it appeared that they were changing the marks on one of the helicopters.
The Department of Civil Aviation immediately took action to stop the changeup and the next day the flight crew visited to say and show proof that they had permission from the Mexican Civil Aviation Authorities. They were still denied permission and according to Civil Aviation, the helicopters returned to Cozumel Mexico with their original nationality and registration marks.
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