Preliminary investigations point 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.
The preliminary investigations thus far have also indicated that air traffic control at CJIA is more than likely in the clear and poor visibility was also ruled out, the source told Stabroek News yesterday. Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn, in a statement to the National Assembly yesterday,