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According to Flightradar 24, the aircraft, a Boeing 757-200, was destined for Canada when it had a hydraulic problem after take-off.
A Boeing Jamaica Airways plane en route to Toronto crashed after returning to Guyana with a foul.
Six people were reported to have been injured and pictures show significant damage to the starboard wing and engine.
Flight 256 of Fly Jamaica has returned to Georgetown, capital of Guyana, due to a technical problem, the company said in a statement posted on its website, adding that the 118 passengers and 8 members of Crew were safe.
The plane, a Boeing 757-200 according to Flightradar 24, was heading to Canada because of a hydraulic problem after take-off, AFP reported, citing Guyana's Infrastructure Minister David Patterson.
According to the report, the twin-engine aircraft skidded off the runway, injuring half a dozen people.
The plane is a much older model than the Boeing 737 MAX, operated by Indonesian Lion Air, who dive into the Java Sea last month, killing 189 passengers and its crew.
Boeing delivered the latest 757 in 2005, after more than two decades of production, which saw the longest single-aisle airliner of all time become a mainstay of transatlantic and trans-continental routes in the United States.
The model is still used by some major carriers due to the lack of a natural successor – something that Boeing might be able to discuss with its new medium-haul aircraft project, also known as the 797. At the same time, more and more examples of markets.
The plane involved in the Guyana incident is 19, according to information from Airfleets.Net, based on the registration number assigned by Flightradar 24.
Previously, she had flown with airlines, including American Trans Air and Thomas Cook, and had been working for Fly Jamaica for about five years.
