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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-30-11 08:45 AM
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Plane from New York crashes at Guyana airport
Source: BBC News

A plane has crashed and broken in two on landing at Guyana's main airport in the capital, Georgetown, causing injuries but no deaths.

The Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 flight BW-523 from New York had 163 people aboard.

The plane apparently overshot the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport during wet weather.

Guyana's president said it halted near a 200-foot (61-meter) ravine that could have resulted in dozens of deaths.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14353610
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