Wreck of missing plane spotted

Dwayne Jacobs

The fate of the two men onboard the Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane which crashed on Saturday remained unclear last night with army Special Forces expected to reach the wreckage this morning.

The wreckage of the plane, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan piloted by Canadian national Blake Slater with cargo handler Dwayne Jacobs on board, was spotted by personnel onboard a GDF helicopter yesterday.

“The densely forested terrain has made access to the site a lengthy process,” an official statement yesterday from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said. GCAA Director-General Zulficar Mohamed told reporters at a briefing that the wreckage was spotted at 12:35 yesterday by personnel onboard