Engines from crashed aircraft still to be examined

The two engines from the Piper Aztec aircraft with American registration number N27-FT, which crashed minutes after takeoff from the Ogle International Airport on April 14, are with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and are due to be examined shortly.
This was according to Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director Zulfikar Mohammed during a telephone interview with Guyana Times International on Friday.
Mohammed noted that the engines were sent to the manufacturers where they are to be thoroughly examined to determine the reason for the crash.
The director further stated that the reports can take a while to be complied.
When completed, it will be handed over to the GCAA. The report on the Caribbean Airlines plane crash almost two years ago is still outstanding.
He added that currently Sithe Global, the contracting company, is meeting with the various insurance companies under which the twin-engine aircraft was insured. Mohammed stated that those discussions are out of the league of the GCAA and is solely up to the parties to pronounce on compensations with respect to liabilities caused by the twin-engine Piper Aztec aircraft.
The aircraft was on a technical survey mission of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, and from all indications, Sithe Global was responsible for managing the construction of the project, but subcontracted Digital World Mapping to conduct survey.
According to a recent release from the GCAA, approval was given to Digital World Mapping to operate the specific aircraft to conduct a survey of the Amaila Hydropower Project. In that approval, the operator was advised that the aircraft must be insured against third party risk, the release added.
Reports further revealed that based on information provided by the NTSB, the insurance coverage for the aircraft did not include coverage for operations in South America.
The aircraft had just taken off from the Ogle International Airport when it crashed into Florence Tyndall’s house, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.
Seconds after the crash, the piper Aztec aircraft exploded, reducing the house to ashes. It also burnt a section of another house, which is owned by Michelle Belle.
Tyndall escaped unharmed but the two-member crewman, Pierre Angiel and Canadian Scientist Nick Dmitriev perished.