The Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field, held discussions with all Airline Operators on August 11, 2017 at its Kingston head office and safety was one of the issues raised.
A release from the GCAA yesterday said that the meeting was called to tackle the many issues affecting the aviation industry which are of major concern to the Authority. Among these were the recent aircraft accidents involving Roraima’s Britten-Norman Islander, with registration number 8R-GRA, which crashed on July 25, 2017, on approach to the Eteringbang airstrip and resulted in the death of its pilot, former GDF Major Captain Collin Martin. Another accident involved Wings Aviation’s Cessna single-engine plane, bearing registration number 8R-GPA, which crashed on August 8, 2017, after taking off from the same airstrip. The pilot in the latter accident survived with minor injuries.
In her briefing, head of the Accident and Investigation Group, Paula McAdam, said that the investigations into the two aircraft accidents were 60% complete.
