Works Minister Jack Warner says he is not being kept informed on developments regarding the incident involving Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 which broke into two on landing in Guyana. Speaking to reporters at the winding up of Moruga’s Heritage festival last night, Warner said he was sad that the State owned airline’s reputation had been tarnished by the incident in which the aircraft skidded off the end of a slick runway stopping short of a deep ravine in Guyana’s capital Georgetown on Saturday. Warner explained that he had no new information on the matter as he was not being kept up to date by authorities.
He said: “It is unfortunate. I am glad that no lives have been lost. I am sad that CAL’s image has been tarnished somewhat and I don’t know what the investigations shall reveal and so therefore I will wait until the whole thing is investigated fully before I make a definite statement.” He added: “I don’t know how this matter is being handled. I have been kept outside the loop so I really don’t know what is happening. All I know is what I read in the newspaper. I have not been directly involved in the matter.” Asked whether he agreed with the decision to take the pilots off roster, Warner replied: “I don’t know if this was a good move. If you take them off the roster because you want to save them from worry and from harm and from concern, then fine. But if it is because you have already pre-judged the issue it is not correct. I don’t know if this was the case.”
Asked why he wasn’t being kept informed, Warner said: “Girl, listen, I don’t have any answers to give, I am not in the loop, I don’t have any reasons but I am batting in my corner but I have colleagues like De Couteau who support me but I don’t even care, honestly.” Warner also said that he was warmly welcomed by the Moruga people and he assured them that he would fix their landslips and bad roads.
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