Roraima Airways aircraft damaged in Region 7 accident

The Roraima Airways plane

A team from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has been dispatched to Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) following an aircraft accident which occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the Aricheng airstrip.

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Fields told this publication that the Britten-Norman Islander plane was registered to Roraima Airways.

Reports indicate that the plane, which was being piloted by Captain Ryan Prashad, was transporting fuel at the time of the incident.