Jet splits in half on landing
Despite overshooting its runway, bursting through a fence and breaking in two when it crashed at Georgetown's airport, all 163 people on board the Caribbean Airlines jet survived.
2:06PM BST 31 Jul 2011
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The jet with 163 people on board crashed and broke in two while landing in Guyana in the early hours of Saturday, but miraculously nobody was killed.
The Caribbean Airlines plane overshot the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in the capital Georgetown in rainy weather and narrowly avoided plunging into a 200-ft deep ravine.
Images screened on television showed how the plane had cracked in two down the middle after landing at 1.32am local time (6.32am BST).
President Bharrat Jagdeo said there could have been dozens of fatalities if the plane had dropped into the ravine.
"We are very, very grateful that more people were not injured," he said as authorities closed the airport, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and delaying dozens of flights.
About 100 people received medical attention out of the 157 passengers plus six crew on board, according to Devant Maharaj, transportation minister in Trinidad, where Caribbean Airlines is based.
Four people were hospitalised with serious injuries including one with a broken leg, authorities said.
2:06PM BST 31 Jul 2011
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The jet with 163 people on board crashed and broke in two while landing in Guyana in the early hours of Saturday, but miraculously nobody was killed.
The Caribbean Airlines plane overshot the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in the capital Georgetown in rainy weather and narrowly avoided plunging into a 200-ft deep ravine.
Images screened on television showed how the plane had cracked in two down the middle after landing at 1.32am local time (6.32am BST).
President Bharrat Jagdeo said there could have been dozens of fatalities if the plane had dropped into the ravine.
"We are very, very grateful that more people were not injured," he said as authorities closed the airport, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and delaying dozens of flights.
About 100 people received medical attention out of the 157 passengers plus six crew on board, according to Devant Maharaj, transportation minister in Trinidad, where Caribbean Airlines is based.
Four people were hospitalised with serious injuries including one with a broken leg, authorities said.
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