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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – All Canadian passengers aboard a Toronto-bound flight to a mechanical problem during their flight to Guyana's official airport Friday.
Global Affairs confirmed that 82 Canadians were on the Fly in Jaguar International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana, Damaging the aircraft's right wing engine.
But while airline officials reported that they were taken to hospital, Global Affairs said all Canadians on board were believed to be unhurt. A spokesman said that it would be available to those who needed it.
Crews work on a Fly Jamaica Airways plane at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday, November 9, 2018 in this photo from the airport's Facebook page.
Invor Bedessee, resident of Toronto, took a brief look at the incident.
"I'm all safe, but shaking," he wrote in a Facebook post. "We were in the air flying for 15 minutes and captain said there is a hydraulic problem, and turned the plane back … captain dumped fuel and then landed."
Airline spokesman Carl Bowen said the Boeing 757-200 aircraft returned to the airport less than 20 minutes after taking off around 2:10 am local time, but overshot the runway upon landing.
Images posted on the airport's Facebook page and various sites shown in the form of a chain link, with one of its engines tilted upward and resting on the fencing. An emergency inflatable slide had been deployed from one of the front doors.
I am safe, but shaking
Bowen said two elderly passengers were taken to the hospital as a precaution and the plan was safely evacuated.
"We are making alternative arrangements to fly out of the passengers," he said.
The airport said on its Facebook page that the injuries were considered to be non-life-threatening.
Guyana 's public infrastructure minister, David Patterson, reported on Friday. The airport has also set up a hotline for family members looking for assistance and information.
The incident is not at first at Guyana's largest airport.
In July 2011, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines crashed at Cheddi Jagan after landing too far down the runway and running out of braking space, injuring several people. The runway was 2,255 meters long, but is currently being extended to 3,048 meters.
With files from the Associated Press
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