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Jan 25, 2014 News
In light of the most recent misfortune where a plane crash claimed the lives of two, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday sought to make clear its function in relation to accident and incident investigations.
The plane was a Trans Guyana Cessna Caravan bearing registration number –8R-GHS which crashed in the Upper Mazaruni along a flight path of Olive Creek to Imbaimadai mid-Saturday morning.
The wreckage of the single engine aircraft along with the bodies of Canadian born pilot, Captain, Blake Slater, 25 and his third crew member, Dwayne Jacobs, 28 was discovered the following day by army officers.
The wreckage is being sent back to its Canadian manufacturer, Pratt and Whitney, where it will be stripped. The report also stated that Transport Canada, the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States, the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Suriname (CASAS) and Pratt and Whitney, have all expressed that they are willing to assist in the investigations.
The Authority, in the notification said that it has moved swiftly to carry out its mandate as it is required to do under national and international laws.
It also indicated that it is in contact with the relevant international agencies and has in place all the technical and human resources necessary for the completion of its safety investigation.
In clarifying its role and purpose of the investigation, the Authority explained that Guyana as a member of the Convention on International Civil Aviation is authorised to conduct a safety investigation in compliance with the protocols outlined in Annex 13 to that Convention.
The objective of the “Annex 13” investigation is to prevent accidents and incidents. It added, “It is not the purpose of this type of activity to allocate blame or liability. These types of investigations are usually carried out by the national regulatory body for civil aviation. This is the practice internationally; Guyana is no different in this regard.”
It also made reference to the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations of 1982 which makes provision for the appointment of an Inspector of Accidents to investigate any accident or incident involving any locally-registered aircraft in or out of Guyana.
“To therefore infer that in conducting a safety investigation, GCAA is in essence investigating itself, is an obfuscation of the facts.”
Though the GCAA many not have its full complement of resources, the Authority has formed the necessary relationships that supplement it when the need arises.
“While the GCAA does not have a full time in-house Flight Operations Inspector, the services of a qualified Inspector are made readily available through CASSOS. Indeed, the very reason for the existence of CASSOS is to provide the human and technical resources to address the existing regional deficiencies in these areas.”
“It is important to note that the GCAA was staffed with an ICAO approved Flight Operations Inspector but certain operators took to the courts to prevent him from carrying out his functions, resulting in his eventual departure from the Authority. Since that time the GCAA has been making continuous efforts to recruit a full-time, in-house Flight Operations Inspector.”
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