A small aircraft vanished from the Anna Regina airstrip between Sunday and early yesterday morning after landing there.

According to a police press release the blue and white Piper Seneca aircraft with red stripes and marking 8RGAA on the tail disappeared from the airstrip between 8 am on Sunday and 7 am yesterday.

The aircraft is said to be privately owned. It is unclear what happened to the pilot of the plane and according to residents, the aircraft was seen circling before touching down on Sunday. According to them, they saw what appeared to be persons refuelling the plane before it took off once again. The airstrip was described as an ‘open airstrip’ and is not usually used for commercial flights as those flights normally utilize the Hampton Court airstrip. This newspaper was told that the airstrip is surrounded by bush and is not visible from the road. Stabroek News understands that police had questioned several persons in relation to the missing plane.