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Commission to investigate Ecuadorean-registered aircraft

Nov 08, 2012 News

Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon has announced that a Commission of Inquiry will be launched into the arrival and activities of the Ecuadorean-registered aircraft which was found abandoned at an airstrip east of Pirara. That strip was said to be illegal and was previously destroyed.
Dr. Luncheon made the announcement yesterday during his weekly media briefing.
According to the Cabinet Secretary, the Presidential Inquiry will see five Commissioners being appointed. He explained that the Terms of Reference will include looking into the circumstances surrounding the aircraft’s presence in Guyana and the subsequent, related unfolding events.
Further, Dr Luncheon said that the nature of ownership, the involvement of persons in the placement and its flight handling in Guyana, the authorization permission and nature of the mechanical works and ground handling and storage for the aircraft at Ogle, will all be looked into once the COI gets underway.
Dr. Luncheon added that the authorization given and the handling use and procedure followed in allowing the aircraft to depart Ogle on a flight plan filed for Boa Vista, Brazil, and the nature of events and circumstances leading to the search and rescue effort and the eventual discovery of the aircraft at an illegal airstrip east of Pirara will also be looked into.
Luncheon said that to date findings have revealed that the aircraft had been in Guyana months prior to its discovery.
On Saturday October 27, the aircraft with the registration 8CCIK departed the Ogle Airport on a 90-minute flight to Boa Vista, Brazil.
Three hours later, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority declared the aircraft missing and efforts to locate it along the planned flight path were initially unsuccessful.
Some time Sunday morning the rescue coordination centre was fully activated and the search for the aircraft intensified.
Works Minister Robeson Benn had said that there was a report of the aircraft being in an area, just south of Mahdia, Potaro. Then contact was made with the pilot on Sunday morning, but according to the Minister, there was some garbled explanation as to the location of the aircraft.
However, the information garnered was mostly inaudible and of little value in terms of locating the aircraft. The aircraft was subsequently found minus its pilot. It was painted over and found to be fitted with extra fuel tanks.
Local law enforcement officials having made the discovery, seized the aircraft.

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