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At least three people were missing and one person survived after a small plane crashed Saturday, October 13 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said.
According to an Associated Press (AP) report, the island's Port Authority initially said in a press release that one person died, but later issued a new statement saying that a female passenger survived.
The Piper PA-23-250 plane went down just eight miles (13 kilometres) south of the airport in St. Thomas, said Jose Nazario, airport manager for the island's Port Authority.
Among the missing is the pilot, identified as Kirby Hodge, Nazario said.
The plane had been delivering newspapers to the island of St. Croix and was returning to St. Thomas after picking up a couple of passengers, said David Mapp, interim Port Authority Executive Director.
The plane's certification status had been terminated, according to records with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
It is unclear what led to the crash.
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