These mysterious plane crashes in our interior

Aug 09, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
It’s very strange that, given Guyana’s good aviation record and standards, local aircraft are suddenly crashing. It’s one thing for planes to crash, but the frequency and location where those crashes now occur causes the mind to wonder. Within three weeks of the ill-fated crash of Roraima Airways Britten-Normandy Islander plane, 8R-GRA, another plane 8R-GPR, owned by Wing’s Aviation, crashed at Eteringbang.
Eteringbang is located less than a mile from Guyana’s western border near Venezuela, in the Essequibo region that is maliciously claimed by the Venezuelans. Eteringabng is the very place where over the years Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Soldiers have reportedly come under repeated provocative cross-bordersgun-fire from the Fuerzas Armadas de Venezuela across the border.
So now, two Guyanese aircraft have mysteriously (pending the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) investigations), crashed in that very area. Captain Collin Martin, a former GDF officer and one of our young and more experienced pilots, met his sudden demise when the Britten-Normandy Islander plane8R-GRA he was flying crashed at Eteringbang on July 25, 2017.
On August 8, 2017, a Cessna airplane 8R-GPR, also crashed at Eteringbang. Fortunately, the young Pilot Dominique Waddell, escaped unhurt.
What is the probability those aircraft may have been the targets of snipers, or avionic cyber attackers? The Venezuelan government websites were attacked and compromised two (2) days prior to this latest Guyanese aircraft crash near their border. Venezuelan youths sought to disrupt Guyana’s prospects at the recently held international Global Robots Olympics in Washington DC. Venezuelan gangs brutally murdered a group of Guyanese miners just over a month ago. Venezuela has historically been hostile to Guyana, except for a lull under the late President Hugo Chavez. Venezuela continues to occupy the eastern half of Ankoko, which is territory awarded to Guyana.
Venezuela is now experiencing its worst internal instability and deadly conflict in decades. That country’s President Maduro even sought to distract the world from his internal political chaos by re-igniting Venezuela’s claim to our Essequibo over the past two (2) years, even attempting to re-write our maritime zone.
Our Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) must diligently, expeditiously and relentlessly investigate these aircraft crashes so very close to our border with Venezuela. Most of all, our government and people must take note!
Orette Cutting

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