Crash-landing passenger says there was no rescue system

The lack of a proper rescue system when Caribbean Airlines flight BW 523 crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Saturday has left passengers upset with one woman saying that the authorities ought to be prepared.

In an interview with Stabroek News, the passenger who asked that her identity not be revealed, said that before the aircraft touched down, she saw no lights on the runway and when the plane halted, broken in two, the air hostesses were the first off the plane and offered no assistance.  In addition,