Home Top Stories Plane with 3 children, 7 adults runs off runway at Eteringbang
A plane carrying 10 persons, including three children, ran off the runway at Eteringbang Airstrip, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Reports are that about 16:18h on Wednesday, the twin-engine aircraft #8R-GGT owned by Jags Aviation Limited and piloted by a 46-year-old Captain reportedly ran off the runway but came to a halt in some nearby bushes.
Police said that the captain reported that about 14:32h, he departed the Eugene F Correia International Airport, Ogle en route to Eteringbang Airstrip with the 10 passengers.
According to reports, on landing at Eteringbang Airstrip, the pilot was unable to pull the nose up to bring the plane level, as a result of heavy tailwinds, causing it to run off the runway.
This resulted in the left wing, nose and left landing gear being damaged. However, no one was injured. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has since been called in to investigate.