A pilot was killed late Thursday afternoon when the aircraft he was flying burst into flames minutes away from the Eteringbang airstrip in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead is Captain Randy Liverpool of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown. He was a former Air Traffic Controller (ATC). The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that the incident occurred at about 17:45h.
According to the Aviation Authority, Liverpool was the lone occupant of the Cessna 206 aircraft, bearing registration number 8R-GHB, at the time of the crash.
However, information reaching Guyana Times revealed that the pilot was on a shuttle flight and as he was about to land at the Eteringbang airstrip, he crashed and the plane burst into flames.
Dead: Captain Randy Liverpool
This newspaper understands that the aircraft is owned by Domestic Airways Inc (DAI) which is owned by Captain Orlando Charles.
When contacted, Charles was unable to give any further details into the accident but related that Captain Liverpool is “a very experienced pilot with over 3000 hours of flying in the hinterland regions.”
Guyana Times was told that Liverpool is married and recently became a father to his first child, who is just three months old.
The news of the accident and the pilot’s death has further shaken aviation operators who are still reeling from another plane crash earlier this week after the aircraft ran out of fuel.
Reports are at about 19:00h on Monday, a Cessna aircraft crashed about one mile from the Boerasirie Water Conservancy at Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara).
The aircraft, which is the Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services (GAMAS) medevac plane, had two occupants at the time – the pilot, Captain Lincoln Gomez, who suffered a broken jaw and a Police Officer, Michael Grimond, who has a broken leg.
They were transporting the body of dead missionary, Christopher Matthews, from Arawai to the Eugene F Correia International Airport (Ogle airport). The Director of the Kaikan Bible School in Guyana had reportedly fallen off a mountain and died Monday morning.
GCAA Director, Colonel Egbert Field had told this newspaper that after the crash, the Police rank on board had contacted his superiors via telephone. Ranks from the Guyana Defence Force, the Civil Defence Commission and Guyana Police Force were then dispatched to the area on a rescue mission.A pilot was killed late Thursday afternoon when the aircraft he was flying burst into flames minutes away from the Eteringbang airstrip in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead is Captain Randy Liverpool of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown. He was a former Air Traffic Controller (ATC). The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that the incident occurred at about 17:45h.
According to the Aviation Authority, Liverpool was the lone occupant of the Cessna 206 aircraft, bearing registration number 8R-GHB, at the time of the crash.
However, information reaching Guyana Times revealed that the pilot was on a shuttle flight and as he was about to land at the Eteringbang airstrip, he crashed and the plane burst into flames.
This newspaper understands that the aircraft is owned by Domestic Airways Inc (DAI) which is owned by Captain Orlando Charles.
When contacted, Charles was unable to give any further details into the accident but related that Captain Liverpool is “a very experienced pilot with over 3000 hours of flying in the hinterland regions.”
Guyana Times was told that Liverpool is married and recently became a father to his first child, who is just three months old.
The news of the accident and the pilot’s death has further shaken aviation operators who are still reeling from another plane crash earlier this week after the aircraft ran out of fuel.
Reports are at about 19:00h on Monday, a Cessna aircraft crashed about one mile from the Boerasirie Water Conservancy at Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara).
The aircraft, which is the Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services (GAMAS) medevac plane, had two occupants at the time – the pilot, Captain Lincoln Gomez, who suffered a broken jaw and a Police Officer, Michael Grimond, who has a broken leg.
They were transporting the body of dead missionary, Christopher Matthews, from Arawai to the Eugene F Correia International Airport (Ogle airport). The Director of the Kaikan Bible School in Guyana had reportedly fallen off a mountain and died Monday morning.
GCAA Director, Colonel Egbert Field had told this newspaper that after the crash, the Police rank on board had contacted his superiors via telephone. Ranks from the Guyana Defence Force, the Civil Defence Commission and Guyana Police Force were then dispatched to the area on a rescue mission.
