the sao barbara airlines plane pulled off just before nightfall from the municipality of veracruz en path to the moreno international airport inside the independent city of georgetown . kenneth jimenez , director of venezuela ' s aviation management agency in merida , said the ship has failed to contact control houses . military defense chief sergeant antonio meza told him that it is unknown why or not the plane crashes or is simply missing .
A plane with 46 passengers has not contacted control towers.