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Crash-landed Fly Jamaica aircraft… Elderly female passenger who suffered head injury succumbs

Nov 17, 2018 News

Rookhai Kalloo, the 86-year-old passenger who suffered a head injury while exiting the crash-landed Fly Jamaica aircraft, succumbed yesterday.
Kaieteur News understands that Kalloo, who had suffered a fractured skull, passed away at the Georgetown Public Hospital at around 13.00 hrs. She was initially being treated at a private hospital.
Reports indicate that Mrs. Kalloo struck her head while coming down the emergency ramp of the aircraft.
The elderly woman, her daughter, and granddaughter were among the passengers on the Canada-bound aircraft which was forced to land at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport two Fridays ago.
According to officials, Fly Jamaica flight OJ256 had departed CJIA at 2:10 a.m. for Toronto, Canada. About 15 minutes into the flight, passengers said that the pilot reported that the Boeing 757 was experiencing problems with its hydraulic system and needed to return to CJIA.
Onboard were 120 passengers, including two infants, and eight crew members, which included six Guyanese cabin members and two Jamaican pilots.
In total there were 35 Guyanese, one Trinidadian, 82 Canadians, one Pakistani and 11 American citizens on board. The pilot, Captain Basil Ferguson, is being credited with averting a major disaster after stopping the plane inches from a steep drop at the end of the runway.

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