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Small plane crashes in Suriname; four injured
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| Published on Friday, October 16, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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By Ivan Cairo
Caribbean Net News Suriname Correspondent
Email: ivan@caribbeannetnews.com
PARAMARIBO, Suriname; An Antonov-28 passenger aircraft crashed in Suriname on Thursday afternoon close to the border with Brazil, aviation officials here confirmed. Initial reports indicate that the plane operated by the local Blue Wing Airlines encountered difficulties during landing at an airstrip near the indigenous village Kwamalasamutu in southern Suriname and crashed alongside the runway.
Speaking to reporters, John Veira, Head of the National Aviation Department, said that according to reports from medical and emergency personnel in the area four individuals -- one crew member and three passengers -- were injured, one of whom “very seriously”.
“During the landing something went wrong, but we don’t know exactly as yet what went wrong, but at the touch-down the machine landed besides the runway,” said the official. Luckily “everybody” survived the incident, Veira added. The plane was carrying two crew members and six passengers.
Meanwhile, emergency personnel were dispatched to the crash site and the victims were being transferred to the capital Paramaribo.
On April 3, 2008, an Antonov-28 aircraft from the same airline crashed near the gold mining town of Benzdorp close to the French Guiana border killing all 19 occupants, including two crew members. That ill-fated flight reportedly hit a tree and subsequently exploded. While investigations into this accident are continuing, initial findings reveal that the plane flew into a wooded hillside while attempting to land. Reports are that there was another aircraft on the runway at the time. The female pilot of the aircraft apparently aborted the approach but crashed while executing a go around. | | | | Reads : 836 | | | |
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