Plane crash injures 10 at Guyana airport

 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana--Ten people were injured on Friday morning, November 2, when a Fly Jamaica aircraft carrying 120 passengers and eight crew members made an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana.

  Officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening but did not say which of the passengers, who included two infants, were hurt.

  The passengers – 82 Canadians, 35 Guyanese, one Pakistani, a Trinidadian and an American – along with six crew members from Guyana and two from Jamaica, departed the CJIA at 2:10am and were heading to Toronto, Canada, when the Boeing 757 plane began experiencing technical difficulties.

  The flight, which was estimated to arrive at its destination at 6:55 that morning, returned to the CJIA airport where it landed at 2:53am.

  “There were no broken bones or other serious injuries reported,” a statement from the Department of Information said. “However, six passengers suffered minor injuries due to the impact to the back of the aircraft. They were rushed to Diamond Diagnostic Hospital.”

  Later in the morning, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said 10 people with a variety of “expected sorts of injuries” had been taken to hospital.

  “So far, we have five persons who are under investigation further for spinal injuries … They are having further X-rays and so on done,” he said on Friday, adding that seven of them had been subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital because the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital could not handle all of them.

  “There weren’t any direct injuries associated with the plane [crashing – Ed.]; at this point, nothing life-threatening, although we still will look to the results, especially with the persons with spinal injuries. You understand these are some of the expected kinds of injuries when you use a slide to get off of the airplane,” the CMO had said.

  Arrangements were being made on Friday to fly out the passengers, who were taken to a holding facility after the incident, from Saturday.

  The CJIA reopened on Friday but Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said travellers should expect some delays.

  An investigation is being conducted into the incident. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is leading the probe and the United States National Transportation Safety Board, which assists with inquiries under international rules, was notified, officials said.

  The crash site was secured on Friday by the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force. ~ Caribbean360 ~

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