PLANE CRASH LANDS AT WAKENAAM
November 24, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under News
A small 2 seater C-152 aircraft crash landed at Moor Farm, Wakenaam Island shortly after 10:00 hrs today (Wednesday) and this sent residents rushing to the scene. According to one resident he was attracted by the sound of the engine and saw the plane flying low over the uncultivated rice lands about a mile from the main public road. He realized that the aircraft was experiencing difficulty since there was no place to land in that area and he raised an alarm.
The area where the aircraft crash landed is about half mile from west of the eastern runway end of the Wakenaam Airstrip.
When this newspaper arrived on the scene only one of the occupants of the plane was present. The other had reportedly gone to seek assistance. The man who remained in the plane did not speak English fluently and indicated to residents that the plane had run out of fuel and this caused the mishap. He also said that they were coming from Trinidad.
The sole propeller at the nose of the aircraft was bent inwards and the stanchion of the front wheel was bent backwards. Apart from this there was no other obvious damage. When the police arrived they cleared the area of the curious residents and searched the aircraft but came up empty handed. Ranks from the Essequibo Coast TSU arrived and later a GDF helicopter brought in army ranks.
It was observed that several small planes circled the area while the police were conducting their investigation. The first plane circled the area at about 11:00 hrs.
About 15:00 hrs the men were taken by police to the Essequibo Coast and the plane was left at the scene. It was observed that the police collected passports from the men. A slip of paper bearing some information was seen by this newspaper which gave an emergency number as 954-708-7289.
It was very obvious that the pilot was unaware of the area in which the plane was downed.
November 24, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under News
A small 2 seater C-152 aircraft crash landed at Moor Farm, Wakenaam Island shortly after 10:00 hrs today (Wednesday) and this sent residents rushing to the scene. According to one resident he was attracted by the sound of the engine and saw the plane flying low over the uncultivated rice lands about a mile from the main public road. He realized that the aircraft was experiencing difficulty since there was no place to land in that area and he raised an alarm.
The area where the aircraft crash landed is about half mile from west of the eastern runway end of the Wakenaam Airstrip.
When this newspaper arrived on the scene only one of the occupants of the plane was present. The other had reportedly gone to seek assistance. The man who remained in the plane did not speak English fluently and indicated to residents that the plane had run out of fuel and this caused the mishap. He also said that they were coming from Trinidad.
The sole propeller at the nose of the aircraft was bent inwards and the stanchion of the front wheel was bent backwards. Apart from this there was no other obvious damage. When the police arrived they cleared the area of the curious residents and searched the aircraft but came up empty handed. Ranks from the Essequibo Coast TSU arrived and later a GDF helicopter brought in army ranks.
It was observed that several small planes circled the area while the police were conducting their investigation. The first plane circled the area at about 11:00 hrs.
About 15:00 hrs the men were taken by police to the Essequibo Coast and the plane was left at the scene. It was observed that the police collected passports from the men. A slip of paper bearing some information was seen by this newspaper which gave an emergency number as 954-708-7289.
It was very obvious that the pilot was unaware of the area in which the plane was downed.
