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Authorities to debrief crew of ‘missing’ chopper

Apr 25, 2010 News

Local aviation officials were expected to debrief the pilot and passengers of a Suriname-registered helicopter which went incommunicado Thursday evening for five hours while on a hinterland flight.

The helicopter landed shortly around 11:00 hrs yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), with the occupants safe, almost two days after they took off from the Ogle Airport for Issano, Region Seven.

Yesterday, Minister of Public Works and Communication, Robeson Benn, confirmed that the army helicopter and a Skyvan had been dispatched to the area and that a boat travelled into the dense Cuyuni area on Friday to take in supplies and fuel.

Several questions will have to be answered now, including the circumstances that led to the helicopter running out of fuel.

From reports, the chopper, an N911BH, left Ogle around 13:00hrs Thursday with an army pilot and four occupants who were visiting a mining concession in Region Seven.

The helicopter left its hinterland location around 17:00hrs and the last communication was heard around 18:00 hrs.

Army officials received a radio transmission around 23:00 hrs on Thursday which indicated that the chopper had experienced difficulties in bad weather and was forced to land in the Quartz Stone area.

Yesterday, Minister Benn said that the chopper lifted off from Quartz Stone in an attempt to head to CJIA once again. However, it again was forced to land, this time on a sand bank in the Region Seven area.

It was unclear yesterday how the helicopter went low on fuel since authorities on Friday sent down a boat with food and fuel for the stranded pilot and passengers.

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