NewsWhore
03-24-2009, 05:10 PM
Yesterday's on-line version of Hoy reported an accident involving a private jet belonging to Servicios Aereos Professionales that closed the Las Americas International Airport (AILA) almost immediately. The early report said that a Jetstream 31 coming from La Isabela Airport (AILI) had to make a forced landing, and this caused the airport to be shut down. A later report in El Caribe said that the airport was closed for nearly four hours because the plane had left the runway. Eight flights were rerouted to other airports, including Punta Cana, La Romana and Santiago. The problem was that only the aircraft's mechanics were able to unlock the brakes and allow the plane to be towed away. Two people were on board. The plane made a stop to refuel for a flight to La Romana. As it landed, two of the three tires exploded causing the aircraft to skid off of the runway. Aerodom spokespersonYolanda Manan said that the aircraft support crew was eventually able to unblock the brakes and move the plane. AILA reopened for operations at 4:25pm. The aircraft involved in the incident was piloted by Raudi Echavarria and his companion Dominguez, who was evaluating the pilot for his license.
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