Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 30 JUL 2011 |
| Time: | 01:32 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-8BK (WL) |
| Operator: | Caribbean Airlines |
| Registration: | 9Y-PBM |
| C/n / msn: | 29635/2326 |
| First flight: | 2007-07-06 (4 years ) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 156 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 162 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) (Guyana)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS/TTPP), Trinidad and Tobago |
| Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO/SYCJ), Guyana | |
| Flightnumber: | 523 |
A Boeing 737-800 passenger plane, 9Y-PBM, was destroyed when it suffered a runway excursion accident at Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO), Guyana. One serious and multiple minor injuries were reported among the 156 passengers and six crewmembers on board the plane.
Caribbean Airlines Flight BW523 flight departed Port of Spain (POS), Trinidad & Tobago on a scheduled flight to Georgetown. The airplane landed on runway 06 (a 7,448-ft / 2,270-m long asphalt runway) but failed to stop on the runway surface. It overran and came to rest near a 200-ft (61-m) ravine. The airplane broke in two.
Events:
Sources:
» BBC
» Government Information Agency (GINA) Guyana
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Port of Spain-Piarco Airport to Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport as the crow flies is 565 km (353 miles).
Distance from Port of Spain-Piarco Airport to Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport as the crow flies is 565 km (353 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
