Private plane crashes at airport in Dominican Republic
Smoke rises from the site of a UPS cargo plane crash near the UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4, 2025. Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP
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A video posted on social media showed a huge plume of smoke at the airport, while water trucks sprayed water to try to control a fire.
The director of the Civil Aviation Board, Hector Porcella, told AFP that he still did not know the details of the accident.
Local media reported that the crashed plane was a Gulfstream G200, a private jet with a capacity of between eight and 18 passengers.
The accident occurred at a private international commercial airport that serves the tourist city of La Romana.
Tourism is key to the economy of the Dominican Republic, a country of 11.6 million people located in the Caribbean.
In 2021, nine people died in a private plane crash after departing from Las Americas International Airport in the capital, Santo Domingo.
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