Boeing 757-200 crash, Nov 9, 2018 (1 killed), Georgetown-...
Boeing 757-200 accident on November 9, 2018 near Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan (ex Timehri, ex Atkinson Field), Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana with 1 fatality....
- Date: November 9, 2018
- Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
- Location: Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan (ex Timehri, ex Atkinson Field), Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Investigation report: hydraulic system failure, loss of main brakes, flaps set in the wrong position and maintenance shortcomings in the hydraulic system led to a runway overrun.
A Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 757 200 returned to Georgetown on 9 November 2018 after a hydraulic fluid loss. The hydraulic system failed progressively, the main brakes were lost, and the aircraft overran the runway into soft sand and stopped with its nose near a drop off. Passengers were evacuated by slides, and one elderly passenger died days later.