Although news reports claim that the Gulfstream III that disappeared after takeoff from Canouan Island Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on December 22 has been found off the northeast coast of the island of Saint Vincent, AIN has been unable to verify this information. A spokesman for the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA), which provides aviation oversight and accident investigation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and six other member states, told AIN that it could not confirm those reports.
The U.S.-registered aircraft—registered in January 2023 to Jetsteam (SIC) Aviation, a corporation based in Cheyenne, Wyoming—reportedly had two pilots and one passenger onboard. The web URL for Jetsteam Aviation is not active and returns an “account suspended” message.
A local news report—since deleted—cited ECCAA director general Reginald Darius as having given a press conference about launching an investigation into the supposed accident. However, when contacted by AIN, the ECCAA spokesman said that there is no such person associated with the ECCAA and that no one from the ECCAA has held a press conference about finding the wreckage.
Although N337LR is still listed on the AvBuyer sales website, the broker with that listing confirmed to AIN that he sold that GIII more than a year ago and that the listing should have been removed.