Departure
Towards the end of July 1987 Clement Howell travelled to Nassau, Bahamas to witness the wedding of one his nephews. On Sunday 2 August 1987 he along with W. Livingston Swann - his brother-in-law, Martin Walkin, Stanley Gardiner and pilot, Ken Gardiner boarded a five seater Piper Aztec with the call letters N622RH, en route for Providenciales. The plane is yet to arrive at Providenciales International. The US Coast Guard, BASRA and other local search operations called off their search a few days later. Nothing was ever found of the aircraft or of the people on board.
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