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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name = Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256
| name = Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256
| image = Fly Jamaica Airways N524AT at CYYZ, Mar 2015.jpg
| image = Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 757-23N N524AT.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| alt = Picture of the aircraft
| alt = Picture of the aircraft
| caption = N524AT, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed in March 2015
| caption = N524AT, the aircraft involved, photographed in August 2013
| occurrence_type = Runway Overrun
| occurrence_type = Runway Overrun
| date = 9 November 2018
| date = 9 November 2018
| summary = Runway overrun due to hydraulics failure
| summary = [[Runway excursion]] caused by a hydraulics failure due to poor maintenance and quality control
| site = [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]]
| site = [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|6|30|25.1|N|58|14|44.7|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|6|30|25.1|N|58|14|44.7|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| aircraft_type = [[Boeing 757]]
| aircraft_type = [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-23N]]
| operator = [[Fly Jamaica Airways]]
| operator = [[Fly Jamaica Airways]]
| IATA = OJ256<ref name=FlyJamaica>{{cite web|url=https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Fly-Jamaica|title=Fly Jamaica Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref>
| IATA = OJ256
| ICAO =
| ICAO = FJA256
| callsign =
| callsign = Greenheart 256<ref name=FlyJamaica/>
| tail_number = N524AT
| tail_number = N524AT
| origin = [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]], Guyana
| origin = [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]], Guyana
| destination = [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], Ontario, Canada
| destination = [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], Ontario, Canada
| passengers = 118
| occupants = 128
| passengers = 120
| crew = 8
| crew = 8
| fatalities = 1
| fatalities = 1
| injuries = 5
| injuries = 10
| survivors = 125
| survivors = 127
}}
}}
'''Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256''' was a scheduled [[international flight|international passenger flight]] from [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] in [[Guyana]] to [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] in Canada. On 9 November 2018, the [[Boeing 757]] aircraft serving the flight suffered a hydraulic failure, forcing its return and resulting in a [[runway excursion]] on landing. This caused significant damage to the aircraft and one passenger fatality.

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On 9 November 2018, '''Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256''', a [[Boeing 757]] (reg. N524AT) returned to [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] in Guyana for an emergency landing, 45 minutes into a flight bound for Toronto.<ref name=18min>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1043077/Guyana-to-toronto-flight-fly-jamaica-plane-crash-emergency|title=Emergency declared 18 minutes into the flight.|website=express.co.uk|date=9 November 2018|access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway. The incident occurred at approximately 2:53 am. There were approximately 118 passengers and 8 crew members were on board the aircraft. The aircraft was severely damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20181109/six-injured-fly-jamaica-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-guyana |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fly Jamaica plane crashes on emergency landing at CJIA – News Room Guyana |url=https://newsroom.gy/2018/11/09/fly-jamaica-plane-crashes-on-emergency-landing-at-cjia/ |website=newsroom.gy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CRASH: Fly Jamaica plane makes emergency landing in Guyana - St. Lucia News Online |url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/crash-fly-jamaica-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-guyana/ |website=St. Lucia News Online |date=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20181109/six-injured-fly-jamaica-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-guyana |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref> All passengers originally survived, however an 86-year old female passenger died one week after the crash due to injuries sustained during the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior injured in Fly Jamaica crash landing succumbs |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/17/senior-injured-in-fly-jamaica-crash-landing-succumbs/ |website=stabroeknews.com|language=en|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> Before this event, it had been about 19 years since a B757 passenger has been fatally injured in an accident.


==Aircraft==
==Aircraft==
The aircraft involved was a [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-23N]], [[Serial number|MSN]] 30233, [[Aircraft registration|registered]] as N524AT, that was built by [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]] in 1999. It [[Maiden flight|first flew]] on 7 October 1999 and had logged 43420 hours and 13 minutes of airframe hours and 13367 takeoff and landing cycles. It was also powered by two [[Rolls-Royce RB211|Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4]] engines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT, Friday 9 November 2018 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/319542 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fly Jamaica Accident Final Report.pdf |url=https://www.gcaa-gy.org/pdf/Fly_Jamaica_Accident_Final_Report.pdf |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=www.gcaa-gy.org}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=30-31}}
The aircraft involved was a [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200]], registration N524AT, powered by two [[Rolls-Royce RB211]] engines.<ref name=18min/>

==Accident==
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The aircraft departed from [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] in [[Guyana]] on 9 November 2018 at 02:10 local time, bound for [[Toronto|Toronto, Canada]].<ref name="18min">{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1043077/Guyana-to-toronto-flight-fly-jamaica-plane-crash-emergency|title=Emergency declared 18 minutes into the flight.|website=express.co.uk|date=9 November 2018|access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> The flight subsequently reported a fault with the hydraulic system; as a result, the pilot aborted the climb and the plane returned to the departure airport for an emergency landing, touching down at 02:53. During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway and hit the airport perimeter fence, sustaining substantial damage in the process to the right-hand main landing gear and the No. 2 engine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=FINAL REPORT - AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT (AAIIU: 3/1/22/3)- FLY JAMAICA AIRWAYS BOEING 757-200 N524AT |url=https://www.gcaa-gy.org/pdf/Fly_Jamaica_Accident_Final_Report.pdf |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Guyana Civil Aviation Authority |publisher=Guyana Aircraft Accident & Incident Investigation Unit}}</ref><ref name="jamaica-gleaner.com">{{cite web |title=Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20181109/six-injured-fly-jamaica-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-guyana |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |date=9 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fly Jamaica plane crashes on emergency landing at CJIA – News Room Guyana |url=https://newsroom.gy/2018/11/09/fly-jamaica-plane-crashes-on-emergency-landing-at-cjia/ |website=newsroom.gy|date=9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CRASH: Fly Jamaica plane makes emergency landing in Guyana - St. Lucia News Online |url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/crash-fly-jamaica-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-guyana/ |website=St. Lucia News Online |date=9 November 2018 |access-date=10 November 2018 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420125121/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/crash-fly-jamaica-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-guyana/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ASN">{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20181109-0|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>


==Flight details and accident==
==Passengers and crew ==
The aircraft took off from Guyana on 9 November 2018 at 2:10 a.m. local time (6:10 a.m. UTC). At 2:21 a.m., the pilot indicated there was some hydraulic problem and he requested permission to return to Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
<ref name=18min/><ref name=country>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/fly-jamaica-jet-crash-lands_149246?profile=1373|date=10 November 2018|access-date=8 December 2018|website=jamaicaobserver.com|title=Passenger belived to be safe}}</ref>
It was noted that after spending an estimated 43 minutes in the air on the way to Toronto, the plane made an emergency landing at approximately 2:53 am which was followed by an immediate evacuation of crew and passengers. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/09/fly-jamaica-in-crash-landing-at-timehri-all-passengers-believed-to-be-safe/|title=Fly Jamaica in crash landing at Timehri, all passengers safe|date=9 November 2018|access-date=8 December 2018|website=stabroeknews.com}}</ref>


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|[[Pakistan]]
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|[[Trinidad]]
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|1
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|[[Guyana]]
|6
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|[[Jamaica]]
|2
|2
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==Similar Incident==
{{main article|Caribbean Airlines Flight 523}}
In 2011, a [[Caribbean Airlines]] [[Boeing 737]] overran the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport.


There were 120 passengers and 8 crew members on board the aircraft. Ten people were injured and an 86-year-old female passenger subsequently died five days later due to injuries sustained during the incident.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Senior injured in Fly Jamaica crash landing succumbs |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/17/senior-injured-in-fly-jamaica-crash-landing-succumbs/ |website=stabroeknews.com|date=17 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=18min/><ref name="country">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/fly-jamaica-jet-crash-lands_149246?profile=1373|title=Fly Jamaica jet crash-lands|date=10 November 2018|website=jamaicaobserver.com|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223141/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/fly-jamaica-jet-crash-lands_149246?profile=1373|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==See Also==

The pilot in command was 58-year-old Captain Basil Ferguson,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Morgan J. |first=E.M. |date=2019-09-19 |title=ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE - FLY JAMAICA AIRWAYS LTD. - Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 |url=https://www.rochongenova.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1100729/2021/03/Order-re-Somwar-et-al-v-Fly-Jamaica-Airways-Ltd-et-al-dated-September-19.pdf |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Rochon Genova}}</ref> he joined Fly Jamaica Airways in 2018, and had a total of 11,755 flight hours.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=|pages=24-25}} The second in command was 33-year-old First Officer Keone Bryan,<ref name=":1" /> he joined the airline in 2017, and had a total of 4,331 flight hours, including 317 hours on the Boeing 757.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=|pages=24-25}}

== Investigation ==
The accident was investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) with assistance from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=DCA19RA025|url=https://ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20181113X04447&key=1|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-28|website=ntsb.gov|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|id=DCA19RA025}}</ref>

The GCAA concluded in its final report that the major cause of the accident was the “loss of hydraulic fluid, failure of the pressure switch and subsequent total failure of the hydraulic system (firstly the left and subsequently the right) which affected the deployment of some spoilers, thrust reversers and efficacy of the main brakes caused the aircraft to continue the landing roll at a high-speed resulting in an overrun and excursion and severe damage to the aircraft.”<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=91}}

== Aftermath ==
After the accident [[Fly Jamaica Airways]] ceased its operation on March 31, 2019, aggravated by financial difficulties and lack of aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fly Jamaica Airways ceases operations |url=https://www.thehabarinetwork.com/fly-jamaica-airways-ceases-operations |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.thehabarinetwork.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Flight with disabled controls]]
*[[Flight with disabled controls]]
*[[United Airlines Flight 232]]
*[[United Airlines Flight 232]]
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Latest revision as of 08:55, 4 October 2024

Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256
Picture of the aircraft
N524AT, the aircraft involved, photographed in August 2013
Runway Overrun
Date9 November 2018
SummaryRunway excursion caused by a hydraulics failure due to poor maintenance and quality control
SiteCheddi Jagan International Airport
6°30′25.1″N 58°14′44.7″W / 6.506972°N 58.245750°W / 6.506972; -58.245750
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 757-23N
OperatorFly Jamaica Airways
IATA flight No.OJ256[1]
ICAO flight No.FJA256
Call signGreenheart 256[1]
RegistrationN524AT
Flight originCheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana
DestinationToronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada
Occupants128
Passengers120
Crew8
Fatalities1
Injuries10
Survivors127

Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. On 9 November 2018, the Boeing 757 aircraft serving the flight suffered a hydraulic failure, forcing its return and resulting in a runway excursion on landing. This caused significant damage to the aircraft and one passenger fatality.

Aircraft

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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 757-23N, MSN 30233, registered as N524AT, that was built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1999. It first flew on 7 October 1999 and had logged 43420 hours and 13 minutes of airframe hours and 13367 takeoff and landing cycles. It was also powered by two Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines.[2][3]: 30–31 

Accident

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The aircraft departed from Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana on 9 November 2018 at 02:10 local time, bound for Toronto, Canada.[4] The flight subsequently reported a fault with the hydraulic system; as a result, the pilot aborted the climb and the plane returned to the departure airport for an emergency landing, touching down at 02:53. During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway and hit the airport perimeter fence, sustaining substantial damage in the process to the right-hand main landing gear and the No. 2 engine.[5][6][7][8][9]

Passengers and crew

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Country No.
Passengers
Canada 82
Guyana 35
United States 1
Pakistan 1
Trinidad 1
Crew
Guyana 6
Jamaica 2

There were 120 passengers and 8 crew members on board the aircraft. Ten people were injured and an 86-year-old female passenger subsequently died five days later due to injuries sustained during the incident.[5][10][4][11]

The pilot in command was 58-year-old Captain Basil Ferguson,[12] he joined Fly Jamaica Airways in 2018, and had a total of 11,755 flight hours.[5]: 24–25  The second in command was 33-year-old First Officer Keone Bryan,[12] he joined the airline in 2017, and had a total of 4,331 flight hours, including 317 hours on the Boeing 757.[5]: 24–25 

Investigation

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The accident was investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) with assistance from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).[13]

The GCAA concluded in its final report that the major cause of the accident was the “loss of hydraulic fluid, failure of the pressure switch and subsequent total failure of the hydraulic system (firstly the left and subsequently the right) which affected the deployment of some spoilers, thrust reversers and efficacy of the main brakes caused the aircraft to continue the landing roll at a high-speed resulting in an overrun and excursion and severe damage to the aircraft.”[5]: 91 

Aftermath

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After the accident Fly Jamaica Airways ceased its operation on March 31, 2019, aggravated by financial difficulties and lack of aircraft.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fly Jamaica Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT, Friday 9 November 2018". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Fly Jamaica Accident Final Report.pdf" (PDF). www.gcaa-gy.org. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Emergency declared 18 minutes into the flight". express.co.uk. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "FINAL REPORT - AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT (AAIIU: 3/1/22/3)- FLY JAMAICA AIRWAYS BOEING 757-200 N524AT" (PDF). Guyana Civil Aviation Authority. Guyana Aircraft Accident & Incident Investigation Unit. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana". jamaica-gleaner.com. 9 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Fly Jamaica plane crashes on emergency landing at CJIA – News Room Guyana". newsroom.gy. 9 November 2018.
  8. ^ "CRASH: Fly Jamaica plane makes emergency landing in Guyana - St. Lucia News Online". St. Lucia News Online. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  9. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Senior injured in Fly Jamaica crash landing succumbs". stabroeknews.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Fly Jamaica jet crash-lands". jamaicaobserver.com. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b Morgan J., E.M. (19 September 2019). "ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE - FLY JAMAICA AIRWAYS LTD. - Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992" (PDF). Rochon Genova. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  13. ^ "DCA19RA025". ntsb.gov. National Transportation Safety Board. DCA19RA025. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Fly Jamaica Airways ceases operations". www.thehabarinetwork.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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