CAL crash-landing report not yet completed

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is expected to submit a report on its investigations into the July 31 Caribbean Airlines crash-landing within the next few weeks.

A GCAA source said on Monday that the preliminary report covers the circumstances leading to the incident in which the Boeing 737, bearing registration 9Y-PBM, broke in two shortly after landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri that fateful morning back in July with 161 persons on board. The report will be submitted to Transport Minister Robeson Benn.

Acting Director General of the GCAA, Paula McAdam, told this newspaper that she could not offer any information on