Plane forced to land at Bartica after engine fails

A Britten Norman Islander aircraft

The pilot of a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) Britten Norman Islander aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Bartica airstrip yesterday after one of the plane’s engines failed.

The aircraft, bearing registration 8R-GHD, was on the return leg of its flight from the Olive Creek airstrip in the Mazaruni to the Ogle