The Canefield airport was closed for about 45 minutes Thursday morning, after what officials describe as a “minor” incident involving an Air Anguilla aircraft.
The small Cessna 402 aircraft carrying cargo was seeking to land at about a quarter past ten Thursday morning, when there was some slight malfunction involving a seal and a bolt, according to airport officials.
Chief Executive Officer of DASPA (Dominica Airport and Sea Port Authority) Benoit Bardouille told Dominica News Online that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft by using the left braking system (the right side was the one affected) to stop the airplane safely.
“The aircraft on its own power was able to taxi back unto the tarmac. We have consulted with the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority and have notified them of the incident,” Bardouille told DNO.
He said there was no damage, and the plane was cleared to take off “the pilot is just awaiting his start-up instructions before the aircraft leaves” Bardouille said when DNO spoke to him at about 11:30am.
Other planes were landing at the time, confirming that Canefield had been re-opened following the incident.
Thank God that they landed safely.
Lord Jesus!!! Sometimes i does really wonder if these people writing these comments are “normal”….i can tell that they’re slightly educated because they’re on the computer,but TOTAL FAILURES in the English language. Is it that hard to read and comprehend?
BUT THIS DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE, SO WHY THE FINGER POINTING? YOU NEXT LEVEL IDIOTS!
The cargo the plane was carrying was actually money.
I work just across the runway where the plane came to a halt and was able to see what was going on.
I saw members of the SSU standing guard with automatic weapons around the plane while large packages were being removed from the plane and taken to a platinum van on the runway.
There were also two buses on the runway. One of the buses was white and a lot of the money was transported to that bus also.
While they were removing the money maintenance crew was working under the plane.
After about 15 to 20 minutes the SSU went on the white bus and both the white bus and the platinum vehicle drove away.
AND SO WHAT?….WHAT HANGS ON THIS?……
Your boss should fire you for not doing his/her work…shame on you…you getting paid and that is what you find to do….
and your point is?
And ur point?
u really an informer eh…that is not your business what was taken from the plane!ah sah ni pour feh ehvew?
What were you doing not working! Vayaing those ppl business
@ Queen
Informer was curious. A real informer
your name say’s it all,an informer is a rat,a big nasty gutter rat.
You sound very angry, I am sorry if I upset!
What is the benefit of posting all that? Are you giving the armed masked robbers ideas? ADMIN PLEASE YOU DID NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS POST!
Why would DNO admin even post such a comment? (Refering to Informer)
If you are in the know and is positive that the plane was carrying money Pray please tell was it US dollars, Euro shilling, british pounds,or what Since you know exactly it was cash then what denominations it very well could be money returning from the laundry
i am happy that the pilot and plane are safe. i know the pilot and he is good. he just landed safely at Clayton J Lloyd in AXA
I love it when my response weighs down the negative and comes up “hot Debate” ha ha ha…..
We can’t all say the same thing right!
@ Satelite
Proud as a peacock?
WoW. Poor folks, incidents happen everyday all over the world. You all really need a life in Dominica.
sometimes I does wonder maybe the people that commenting on DNO are unemployed. how do u guys find time to comment on all these things. my gosh. I get to work very early and I still find the day goes by so quickly. not enough time to do all what i have to do.
lol… u can say that again … now i getting a lil break from since morning ……..
I’m here responding on my lunch. Go back to work!
Cut it out – people are in different time zones,, people work different schedules – have you heard flexible schedule – have 12 hours to put 8 hours of work in.
i do that on my smoking break
Have you ever heard of a mobile device with Internet while commuting to and from work or even on lunch? Try your hand at multitasking and let us know what’s up
The reason why you do not have enough time to accomplished the things you want to do,is because you spend precious time wondering about people, not very productive you will be surprise how time goes by when you are thinking about people,every second counts.
Lol. Good one.
@ Gary
…And who does not think of people and also their plans? The mind is capable of doing a lot of things as thinking and switching to one “thing/topic” at one time. The mind is indeed marvelous. It does not prevent us from performing our duties unless we allow it to do so. Guess what? We cannot pick the minds of people and know what they are thinking and what is passing through their minds. A good thing!
It’s called multi-tasking. Lol.
LOL
where do you get time to do the same thing the same way you got time so do others
but is not the first time and nothing is being done to prevent this from happening………ohh gosh man
and…its not the fault of the airport..its the aircraft
Exactly what are you talking about mate? I think that you lost everyone on this one.
how on gods earth u can prevent a plane from malfunctioning when it have to…. while the plane in the air doing it do come out in it and go in the boeyoe and fix nuh
Landing a plane in cross winds is part of the basic training of a pilot. It is called crabing, where they point the nose into the wind and then line up with the runway at the last second.
Canefield may have other issues that just cross winds. I landed at Canefield some years ago and the pilot told me the winds at the airport are more like a wave breaking onto the shore. When if comes off the mountain, it blows every which way, the same as you see when wave crash on the beach.
This airport is a nightmare, the runway runs from north to south/south to north (190 degrees and 10 degrees, while the winds blow from east to west. Whoever built this airport must be held responsible for its faulty construction. The airport should be closed down and the building and site used for something else.
What does that have to do with what happened today?
And then is people like you who going to complain later that “Melville Hall too far”
So this incident is as a result of such? In previous years early 90’s Air Martinique, Air Guadeloupe, Air Caraibe’ and Liat among others were landing there. FedEx and DHL land there at least twice a week along with Bevin. What’s the difference between then and now?! I thought the report made it clear it was a malfunction on the part of the air craft.
So this incident is as a result of such? In previous years early 90’s Air Martinique, Air Guadeloupe, Air Caraibe’ and Liat among others were landing there. FedEx and DHL land there at least twice a week along with Bevin. What’s the difference between then and now?! I thought the report made it clear it was a malfunction on the part of the air craft.
Oh goodness !! I hope no one was hurt!
hmmm
DNO you must try giving people a little incentive so that they can send you pics of news that you post.we know you cant be everywhere and we dont expect you to be.but all phones nowadays have camera i’m sure somebody would make an effort to send you some pics for your posts.We your nosey readers would like to see sometimes.just a suggestion. Thanks
ADMIN: We are getting photos from our readers all time and many are happy to help us report the news as it happens. And with no incentives too. Thanks.
I hope you were not using this specific incident to fuel your case of the need for pictures, because according to the article, there was NO CRASH. In light of this, the only picture you could possibly see is that of the parked aircraft which has indeed been submitted.
WHO U CALLIN NOSEY?
what leap year have to do with that sot
papa met! this leap year really kicking up already papa!!
Ignoramus!
Two words for this comment: CRAP
One word….Crap…Not two
smh..two words? u really need a job!
you reminded me of this joke~
There are three types of people in this world; those who can count and those who cannot. LOL LOL
OBVIOUSLY U CANT COUNT