Plane crashes at Guyana airport

A Caribbean Airlines jet coming from New York has crashed and broken in two while landing in Guyana with 163 people aboard, causing several injuries but no deaths.

Plane crashes at Guyana airport

A Caribbean Airlines jet coming from New York has crashed and broken in two while landing in Guyana with 163 people aboard, causing several injuries but no deaths.

The Boeing 737-800 apparently overshot the 7,400ft runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in rainy weather. It barely missed a 200ft ravine that could have resulted in dozens of deaths, President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

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