Three killed after plane hits a car
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it will move to install emergency lights at the Mayaguana airport after an aircraft crashed into a vehicle killing three people on Thursday.
“As a result of this terrible turn of event the Ministry of Transport is now intervening to procure the immediate installation of emergency lights in Mayaguana and will thereafter install lights in Fresh Creek Andros and Stella Maris, Long Island,” Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin said in a statement..
She said a preliminary report from the Department of Civil Aviation indicated that the Cessna C402 aircraft owned by Leair Charter Service Limited with a crew of 2 on board was making a “landing at night for an emergency evacuation flight with two vehicles strategically placed to outline the useable portion of the runway”.
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