2008 Blue Wing Airlines An-28 crash
03°41′N 054°05′W / 3.683°N 54.083°W
A Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 April 2008 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Lawa Antino Airstrip, Benzdorp, Suriname |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-28 |
| Operator | Blue Wing Airlines |
| Registration | PZ-TSO |
| Flight origin | Zorg en Hoop Airport, Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Stopover | Lawa Antino Airport, Benzdorp, Suriname |
| Destination | Lawa Antino Airport, Benzdorp, Suriname |
| Occupants | 19 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 19 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 3 April 2008, a Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28 registered as PZ-TSO[1]) crashed upon landing at Lawa Antino Airport in Benzdorp, Suriname.[2][3] The plane carried 17 passengers and a crew of 2, all of whom perished.[4] The crash occurred at around 11:00 am ART (14:00 UTC). Initial media reports indicated that the airplane had to abort the landing, as the runway was being used by another Blue Wing Airlines Anotnov An-28. [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 Antécume-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 a Dutch forensic institute.[11]
Flight
The plane had taken off from Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo with seventeen passengers and two crew at 10:00 local time.[12] 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.[13] They were preparing to work for telecommunications company Telesur.[14]
References
- ^ "Negentien doden bij ongeluk met toestel Blue Wing". Dagblad Suriname. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ "Plane crashes in southern Surinam". BBC News. 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ "Twintig doden door vliegtuigramp Suriname" (in Dutch). Nu.nl. 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ "Vliegramp in Suriname: negentien doden". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ Ivan Cairo (3 April 2008). "Twenty feared dead in Suriname plane crash". Caribbean Net News. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ a b c "Vliegtuigcrash in Lawa gebied. Alle 19 inzittenden om het leven gekomen" (in Dutch). Radio10. 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ "'Motoruitval oorzaak vliegramp Suriname'" (in Dutch). Novum/Elsevier. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ Ivan Cairo (5 April 2008). "Authorities launch formal investigation into Suriname plane crash". Caribbean Net News. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ "Nederlands team op weg naar Suriname". Trouw (in Dutch). 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ "Nederlandse hulp voor Suriname na vliegramp". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ^ [Suriname plane crash victims identified] 13 May 2008 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Forensic teams head to site of Suriname plane crash". Agence France Press. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Reunion Gold Antino project". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Met innige deelneming..." (in Dutch). Telesur. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.