See full statement from Captain Gerry Gouveia regarding the crash landing of a Roraima Airlines aircraft this morning at Eccles/Providence:
One of our trilander aircraft this morning made an emergency landing on the East Bank in the vicinity of the Haags Bosch landfill on approach to landing at the Eugene Correia International Aiport.
All five aboard the aircraft _three passengers and two crew- are alive and are receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, according to initial medical evaluations.
All passengers and crew was [sic] extracted and transported to Camp Ayangana [sic] by the GDF helicopter and taken to GPHC.
RORAIMA AIRWAYS would like to sincerely thank the GDF for it [sic] rapid response and dispatch of the BELL 412 Helicopter to the accident site.
We would also like to thank the Guyana Police Force, the GPHC and the Sherrif Medical ambulance services for their prompt and efficient emergency response
The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
