A Guyanese navy pilot serving to to ferry a light-weight plane from the US to South America was critically injured when the Cessna 210 crashed because it approached the primary Howard Hamilton Worldwide Airport in Providenciales in The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Tuesday, officers stated.
Captain Dwight Bonus, recognized extra as a rotor-wing pilot within the Guyana Defence Pressure (GDF), survived the crash because the plane went down in need of the runway.
The aircraft had left an airport in Broward County in South Florida, headed to the TCI mid-Tuesday afternoon, when it went down close to the airport. Police and TCI aviation officers say the unidentified captain of the plane died on the scene, whereas Bonus is in a important situation.
In an early Wednesday assertion, the Guyanese navy acknowledged that Captain Bonus was on trip whereas flying the plane and has since been evacuated to the US for additional medical therapy. The navy listed his situation as steady. “Our ideas are with Captain Bonus and his household throughout this time, and we prolong our assist for his full restoration.”
The airport of the tourism-dependent archipelago has since reopened after being closed for a number of hours.
