A plane split in two after failing to land smoothly at the airport capital of Guyana, Georgetown, Saturday, July 30, at 1:32 local time.
Misfortune struck the airline's Boeing 737-800 Caribbean Airlines BW-523 flight that departed from New York, United States.
Although some of the victims suffered minor injuries, none of the 157 passengers and 6 crew were killed.
"It's really magical," explains Director of Caribbean Airlines, George Nicholas, referring to the accident should result in death, as quoted from the pages of the BBC.
Rain blamed as the base of the catastrophe, the thing that supposedly makes the aircraft skidded on the runway Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
Rescuers struggle in the dark in search of the passengers and crew from the wreckage.
A passenger survived expressed strong thump sounded when landing. "Terrible," he said.
Her husband opened the emergency door. Passengers scrambled out.
A witness named Adis Cambridge, 42, recalled that when realized his body had been buried under the bags and people. "I am the second last person who escaped from the rubble," he explained.
Another passenger who came from Philadelphia, USA, Geeta Ramsingh, 41, said that the passengers had cheered when the plane landed. However, the joy did not last long.
"The speed of the aircraft shines as if to take off. So, I sniff the smell the smell of gas. People are shouting blindly," he said.
The chaos was reported had occurred in the airport. "This airport does not seem ready to face such a situation," said one eyewitness.
Caribbean Airlines, whose ownership controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago, has no bad record in operation throughout its history.
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