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Caribbean Airlines aircraft seen at Cheddi Jagan International Airport outside of Georgetown, July 30, 2011. |
A Caribbean Airlines plane carrying 157 people split in two during an accident on landing amid heavy rain and fog in Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday (07/30/2011).
The plane departed from New York is reportedly landed in the middle before it skidded off runway and struck a fence and stopped on a grassy slope near a road.
The front of the fuselage containing a series of first-class seat broke on the runway so that could make the passengers trapped inside.
However, there is no 151 passengers and six crew were on the Boeing 737-800 that suffered a serious injury. Has been evacuated entirely.
Health Minister Leslie Ramsammy Guyana explain one person suffered a broken leg and several others suffered minor injuries due to crash this plane.
"It's incredible to imagine if there was only a minor injury victims in a plane crash is severe enough that way," said Nicholas.
A similar statement made by leaders of Caribbean Airlines, George Nicholas, in his press conference at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. "Miracles really happen today," he said.
This aircraft crashed at 01:32 local time or 12:32 o'clock pm. Officers tried to save the passengers and crew of the shattered plane for several hours in the dark early hours.
The management of aircraft flying the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority explained that Guyana will hold a joint investigation into the crash of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
