Aircraft skids off Port Kaituma runway

The pilot of a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) aircraft and four passengers escaped with minor injuries after a Britten Norman Islander aircraft skidded off the Port Kaituma runway in Region One late yesterday morning.

According to reports, the pilot was attempting to land the aircraft, bearing registration 8R-GHD at Port Kaituma when it skidded off the runway during rainy weather.

Reports out of the area are that while the rain was pouring in the area, some time after 11.30 am yesterday, the aircraft circled the aerodrome and when the weather cleared, the pilot made an