A small, private US plane with an unresponsive pilot is believed to have crashed near Jamaica after veering far from its destination in Florida.
The single-engine, seven-seater plane, which left from New York state and was bound for Naples, Florida, was flying at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 metres) southbound over the Atlantic Ocean, according to a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The plane triggered a US security alert.
It was trailed by two F-15 fighter jets, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command, until it entered Cuban airspace.
"The pilot has not been responding to radio calls since 10am EDT," the FAA said.
They were not able to confirm the numbe rof people on board the turboprop Socata TBM700.
A Cuban aviation official told Reuters that Cuba was in touch with US authorities about the plane and that Cuban airspace had not been violated.
