2008 Blue Wing Airlines An-28 crash

Coordinates: 03°41′N 054°05′W / 3.683°N 54.083°W / 3.683; -54.083
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03°41′N 054°05′W / 3.683°N 54.083°W / 3.683; -54.083

Benzdorp An-28 crash
File:Antonow An-28 by Rob Vogelaar 1991.jpg
An Antonov An-28 similar to the crash aircraft
Accident
Date11:00, April 3, 2008 (2008-04-03T11:00)
SummaryCFIT
SiteLawa Antino Airstrip,
Benzdorp, Suriname
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-28
OperatorBlue Wing Airlines
official site
RegistrationPZ-TSO
Flight originZorg en Hoop Airport,
Paramaribo, Suriname
StopoverLawa Antino Airport,
ICAO code SMAN
Benzdorp, Suriname
DestinationLawa Antino Airport of Benzdorp in Suriname
Passengers17
Crew2
Fatalities19
Injuries0
Survivors0

On Thursday, April 3, 2008, an Antonov An-28 operated by Blue Wing Airlines (registration PZ-TSO[1]) crashed upon landing at the Lawa Antino Airport of Benzdorp in Suriname.[2][3] The plane carried 17 passengers and a crew of 2, all of who died in the crash.[4]

The crash occurred around 11:00 ART (14:00 UTC). Initial media reports indicate that the airplane had to abort the landing, as the runway was being used by another Bluewing AN-28 aircraft. [5] The airplane attempted a go-around, but failed to gain height and crashed into a mountain.[6]

Casualties

The pilot, Soeriani Jhauw-Verkuijl, was the wife of Blue Wing Airlines president Amichand Jhauw. Her brother and colleague was an eyewitness to the crash.[6]

Also among the casualties was co-pilot Robert Lackin, as well as a family of six from Antecume Pata, citizens of French Guiana.[7][8] They were to have flown on to Anapaike.[6]

A Dutch national police forensic team was dispatched to assist in the identification of victims.[9][10] While nine of the victims were identified in Suriname, the last ten were identified, using DNA analysis, by the Dutch forensic institute.[11]

Background

The Antino project sits on part of a rich gold deposit that has been mined since the 1880s. The carrier flies scheduled An-28 flights Monday through Saturday to Antino site 7, where there is a 600-metre gravel strip.[12]

Flight

The plane had taken off from Zorg en Hoop Airport in Suriname's capital Paramaribo with seventeen passengers and two crew at 10:00 local time.[13] Eleven were due to disembark at Lawa Antino airstrip, 10 km west of the southeastern gold mining town of Benzdorp, near the Lawa River bordering French Guiana,[14] where they would work for telecommunications company Telesur.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Negentien doden bij ongeluk met toestel Blue Wing". Dagblad Suriname. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  2. ^ "Plane crashes in southern Surinam". BBC News. 2008-04-03. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Twintig doden door vliegtuigramp Suriname" (in Dutch). Nu.nl. 2008-04-03. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Vliegramp in Suriname: negentien doden" (in Dutch). Trouw. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  5. ^ Ivan Cairo (2008-04-03). "Twenty feared dead in Suriname plane crash". Caribbean Net News. Retrieved 2008-04-03. [dead link]
  6. ^ a b c "Vliegtuigcrash in Lawa gebied. Alle 19 inzittenden om het leven gekomen" (in Dutch). Radio10. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-04. [dead link]
  7. ^ "'Motoruitval oorzaak vliegramp Suriname'" (in Dutch). Novum/Elsevier. 2008-04-05. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  8. ^ Ivan Cairo (2008-04-05). "Authorities launch formal investigation into Suriname plane crash". Caribbean Net News. Retrieved 2008-04-07. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Nederlands team op weg naar Suriname" (in Dutch). Trouw. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  10. ^ "Nederlandse hulp voor Suriname na vliegramp" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  11. ^ [Suriname plane crash victims identified] 13 May 2008 (in Dutch)
  12. ^ Adrian Fleming (2006). "Technical report: Antino Gold Project, Suriname, South America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Forensic teams head to site of Suriname plane crash". Agence France Press. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-04-06. [dead link]
  14. ^ "Reunion Gold Antino project". Retrieved 2008-04-03. [dead link]
  15. ^ "Met innige deelneming..." (in Dutch). Telesur. 2008-04-04. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-04. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)