THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CRASH

Preliminary investigations pointed to pilot error as the main contributing factor to Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 overshooting the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with information from the flight recorders as well as marks on the runway confirming that the jet touched down close to halfway along the length of the runway, a source close to the probe has revealed. 


Movable panels on the front and rear edges of the wings of the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) jet that overshot the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on July 30 were apparently not extended as required before touchdown and crash investigators believe excessive speed and other suspected lapses in landing procedures caused the accident, the Wall Street Journal reported last night. For the full hundred click.

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