The local aviation authority lacks the manpower to enforce security regulations at some of the country’s remote airstrips, according to members of the aviation fraternity.
“There are over 100 airstrips in Guyana and ideally it is the responsibility of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authourity (GCAA) to regulate them but in practice this is impossible,” aviation expert Kit Nascimento told Stabroek News.
Nascimento was at the time addressing questions posed on the security that exists at the Ekereku airstrip, where 17-year-old Racquel Joseph was sliced to death by the propellers
