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-captain reassigned,Ken Boyer Cardinals Jersey, co-pilot resignsThe co-pilot of Caribbean Airline’s (CAL) flight BW 523, which crash-landed in Guyana last year,Wayne Gretzky Jersey, has resigned and the captain of the flight is currently employed at another CAL division, the airline has said.Transport Minister, Robeson BennA report on the crash-landing—still outstanding almost 18 months after the incident—is now expected early next year after the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington recently reviewed an initial report from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA),Toronto Blue Jays Edwin Encarnacion Jersey, head of T&T’s Civil Aviation Division Ramesh Lutchmedial said Friday.Yesterday, Guyana’s Transport Minister,Jonathan Bullard Jersey, Robeson Benn, said the report is being finalized.CAL chairman Rabindra Moonan was asked about several aspects of the issue earlier this week and the company supplied answers to the Trinidad Guardian.According to the newspaper yesterday,Alex Galchenyuk Canadiens Jersey, the company said the co-pilot had resigned and the captain of the aircraft was now employed in another department of the airline, pending the release of the official report.On the status of the report about the crash, CAL said as far as officials were aware, the report was still being prepared by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.“They have given no indication as to when it will be released. We are not aware that any US authorities have asked us to change any systems as a result of the report. This is improbable since the report has not yet been released,” CAL added.Lutchmedial said a meeting was held with the NTSB in Washington last month at which the NTSB reviewed a report by the GCAA. Lutchmedial added,Stanley Cup Canadiens Jersey, “The NTSB recommended that segments of the report by the GCAA be redrafted so a final report will be issued later, possibly next year. We cannot give details of the report until then.”On questions about lawsuits filed against the company by some passengers over the crash, the company said aviation insurers had appointed a firm of specialist aviation attorneys to represent CAL. CAL officials subsequently said there were about four lawsuits in the US against CAL in connection with the incident. They said the sums involved were “not much,” each in the vicinity of several thousand US dollars.CAL said the damaged aircraft—known as the “salvage”—was still in Guyana and in the custody of the GCAA until the release of the report. The airline added, “It now belongs to the insurers,Travis Shaw Red Sox Jersey, who have paid the owners in full. After the release, they will determine how it is to be disposed of.”The Boeing 737-800 aircraft crash landed at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport at 1.32 am on July 30, 2011. The aircraft,Toronto Blue Jays Roberto Osuna Jersey, which overshot the runway, stopped short of a ravine, its nose cone segment breaking off. In what was deemed “a miracle landing,Magic Johnson Team USA Jersey,” all 163 people aboard—including six crew members—survived.The remains of the Caribbean Airlines plane, hours after the crash last year July.A number of people were taken to hospital, and Guyana health authorities reported that three people had to be admitted for treatment. One passenger later had to have a leg amputated. Subsequent news reports from Guyana and in the Wall Street Journal alleged pilot error. |
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