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Dec 03, 2018 News
Officials of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday issued a cease order, preventing the removal of the Fly Jamaica Boeing 757 aircraft that crash-landed at the airport last month.
Chief Executive Officer of Fly Jamaica, Captain Paul Reece confirmed with Kaieteur News that airport officials issued the ‘cease order’ while they were in the process of removing the aircraft. He said that he was unclear as to the reasons behind the CJIA decision.
Kaieteur News was informed that a team, consisting of insurance personnel, had arrived to assist with relocating the aircraft from the end of the runway where it had stopped after an emergency landing. The team had started efforts to relocate the plane using flotation devises to a nearby hangar at the airport.
According to reports, airport officials intervened to stop the process and police were also called in at one stage.
Airport officials were contacted, but could not be reached for comment.
Fly Jamaica had said that it is cooperating with authorities to determine the cause of the crash-landing of its Boeing 757 aircraft on November 9, 2018.
The Fly Jamaica flight OJ256 departed CJIA for Toronto, Canada. About 15 minutes into the flight, passengers recalled that the pilot reported that the aircraft was experiencing problems with its hydraulic system and needed to return to CJIA.
According to flight maps, the airplane circled before attempting to land.
There were 128 persons onboard, including 86-year-old Rookhia Kalloo, who died shortly after the incident. There has been no determination on whether her demise was in anyway related.
Passengers recounted that upon touchdown, the aircraft sped past the airport’s terminal, past the end of the existing runway and onto the newly extended portion of the runway, which is not officially open.
It is being said that the pilot experienced brake failure when he touched down.
The aircraft careened into the chain linked fence before coming to rest in the trap at the end of the runway with the front of the plane perched above a ravine – the same area where a Boeing 737 operated by Caribbean Airlines overran and split in two on July 30, 2011.
The right wing of the aircraft was broken along with the engine. Government had appointed Paula McAdam to investigate the crash.
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