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By Reuters
A Fly Jamaica Boeing 757 airliner to Toronto landed at Georgetown International Airport (Guyana) after the pilot reported problems with the aircraft 's hydraulic system. Six passengers were injured.
Fly Jamaica's OJ256 pilot, who was carrying 120 passengers and eight crew members, requested permission to return to Cheddi Jagan International Airport shortly after takeoff, officials from Guyana said. press conference.
The plane landed at Georgetown, Cheddi Jagan airport in Guyana, at about 2:53 pm local time (1:53 pm Eastern daylight time), overhead. a recently extended runway, officials said.
Images posted on the Facebook page of the airport showed the nose of the Fly Jamaica Airways plane resting against a fence.
Six passengers suffered life-threatening injuries.
Fly Jamaica said it was providing local assistance.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Guyana has opened an investigation and the US National Transportation Safety Board, which automatically participates in investigations under international rules, has been notified, officials said.
Boeing Co is studying the incident, said a spokesman.
In 2011, a Caribbean Airlines jet plane carrying 163 people crashed while landing at Guyana airport, injuring several others. There was no long track at that time.
Last week, the Indonesian airliner Lion Air JT610, a nearly nine Boeing 737 MAX 8, sank in the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, killing 189 people aboard.
