GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Insisting that the investigation into the helicopter crash final December that claimed the lives of 5 navy workplaces isn’t accomplished, the minister answerable for aviation has dismissed an article claiming that pilot error was answerable for the lethal accident.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill stated in an announcement on Saturday that the article printed by Caribbeanlife.com two days prior had “prematurely” reached conclusions on an investigation that’s nonetheless ongoing.
Edghill famous that three days after the December 9, 2023 crash of a Guyana Defence Pressure (GDF) helicopter close to the border with Venezuela, he appointed an investigator in cost to research the incident, which resulted within the deaths of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Charles, who was the pilot, Colonel Michael Shahoud, Retired Brigadier Gary Beaton, Lieutenant Colonel Sean Welcome, and Workers Sergeant Jason Khan. Two survivors have been Lieutenant Colonel Andio Michael Crawford and Corporal Dwayne Jackson.
“Per worldwide requirements and finest practices, nobody can conclusively pronounce the reason for an accident till the investigation is accomplished and the ultimate report is offered,” he stated.
“Provided that the investigation continues to be ongoing, it’s stunning that the writer of the article prematurely concluded that ‘Pilot error will greater than possible be blamed for the horrific early December crash of a Guyana Defence Pressure helicopter…’. The writer’s declare of talking to a few separate high-ranking Guyanese authorities officers who all blamed pilot error as the principle explanation for the crash is nothing wanting sensationalizing the end result of the investigation.”
Minister Edghill stated he had not made any public assertion on the accident because the investigator was appointed, as he wished to “respect the investigative course of.”
He, subsequently, urged the media: “…Look forward to the official closing report back to be printed earlier than making any assumptions. Let’s train warning and chorus from leaping to conclusions till then.”
The GDP misplaced contact with the helicopter on December 6, about 30 miles east of the Venezuelan border, throughout unhealthy climate whereas transporting officers finishing up a routine inspection of troops within the forested space. The wreckage was discovered the next day.
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