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    Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana

    AP – Sun, Jul 31, 2011
    Click image to view more photos of the crash. (AP Photo/Jules Gibson)Click image to view more photos of the crash. (AP Photo/Jules Gibson)

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived.

    Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot.

    The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry.

     

    1,727 comments

    • Rick S
      Rick S  •  7 mths ago
      Like they say, "It's not so much the flying I'm afraid of, it's the crashing I'm not too fond of!"
    • Dennis
      Dennis  •  7 mths ago
      did i understand correctly????? the plane just crashed... they managed to survive and the taxi driver charged 20$ to take the lady to the terminal...... #$%$? he should have taken as many people as possible and drove them to the terminal free of charge!!! what is wrong with this stupid guy??!!?? has he no morals??
    • UnknownPlanet
      UnknownPlanet  •  6 mths ago
      I'd scream too if I was condemned to death and my last meal consisted of a small bag of pretzels.
    • michael
      michael  •  6 mths ago
      anyone notice in the pictures that the flaps and slats are NOT deployed??
    • johnny
      johnny  •  7 mths ago
      that taxi driver was the worst ever
    • Freddie O
      Freddie O  •  6 mths ago
      And not a things said as to why they headlined this silly article the way they did.
    • chitos
      chitos  •  7 mths ago
      " Any( Crash )Landing that you can Walk away from? is a good LANDING!
    • joey d
      joey d  •  6 mths ago
      Oh man! Thats going to take a big roll of duct tape.
    • David
      David  •  7 mths ago
      Charging someone that just went through that $20? The human race really is disgusting, we have some real parasites among us.
    • ♔ ғυтυre neυro-тraυмa ѕυrgeon ♔
      ♔ ғυтυre neυro-тraυмa ѕυr ...  •  7 mths ago
      I'm really glad no one died and the ones who were hurt recover quickly.
    • Shockley
      Shockley  •  7 mths ago
      Takeoffs are optional; landings are mandatory.
    • odinsthunder
      odinsthunder  •  6 mths ago
      The 737-800 is a great airplane. It has great thrust reversers and good brakes. Either something didn't work or the plane landed long and too fast or all of the above. The investigation will show the cause. Because it's a good airplane nobody was killed.....
    • damage done
      damage done  •  7 mths ago
      We haven't heard the last from this taxi driver,I suspect he will show up in the US senate as a US Senator, He's a real money maker with no human compassion,should fit right in $$$$$$$$$$
    • TexJal
      TexJal  •  7 mths ago
      Any landing you walk away from alive..........is a good landing!
    • Duke
      Duke  •  7 mths ago
      Nobody had yet showed up to rescue her, "but a taxi driver appeared from nowhere and charged me $20 to take me to the terminal.
      I thought Rodney Dangerfield got " No Respect."
      Man, she has him beat.
    • Randy C
      Randy C  •  7 mths ago
      WOW!!! sounds like alot of heros on that plane ride, men clinbing over women to get out of danger. Don't help your fellow man or woman. Only way this could be worse is if the woman he climbed over was his own wife.
    • Abraham Lincoln
      Abraham Lincoln  •  7 mths ago
      I don't know why many people are surprised that the taxi driver charged the victims to drive them etc. Has anyone ever been in a car accident and gotten a free ride to the hospital in the good ol USA? The ambulence will charge you several thousand dollars just for the ride, and the hospital will charge you seveal more thousand for the visit also! IF you have Kaiser Permanente, they will put a lean on you until you pay them!
    • UnknownPlanet
      UnknownPlanet  •  6 mths ago
      "prime minister is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean" And as for the crash victims? Oh, well, like s#%t happens.
    • yuyu
      yuyu  •  7 mths ago
      Wonder!!! What a taxi driver was doing at the runway???
    • Kountrygyrle
      Kountrygyrle  •  6 mths ago
      Iam glad nobody was hurt
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