Saturday, December 08, 2012

Aircraft crashed at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in Road Town, British Virgin Islands: Flight was reportedly coming from Anegada at the time of incident

 
An airline was forced to crash land one of its aircraft at the TB Lettsome airport due to difficulties experienced with its landing gear.
Photo Credit: Team of Reporters


BEEF ISLAND, VI - A local airline was forced to crash land one of its aircraft at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport around 4 P.M. on December 6, 2012 due to difficulties experienced with its landing gear.

According to information received, the aircraft is a Cessna belonging to VI Airlink and one of its three landing gears failed during an attempt to land.

Sources revealed that the aircraft, which was coming in from Anegada at the time, was forced to circle for almost an hour before a decision was finally taken to make a crash landing after the lack of fuel became an issue.

Two persons, including the pilot, were reportedly on board the aircraft at the time of landing.

While the runway is said to be off limits currently, there have been no reports of any injuries. No information on the extent of the damages suffered by the aircraft has been received so far.

Details are sketchy at the moment and Virgin Islands News Online will continue to work on this story to bring you further information.


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