- 2008 Suriname plane crash
Infobox Airliner accident
name = Benzdorp plane crash
crash_
image_caption =
site =Lawa Antino Airport ,Benzdorp ,Suriname
coords = coord|3.658000|-54.036000
origin =Zorg en Hoop Airport ,Paramaribo ,Suriname
destination =
stopover =Lawa Antino Airport , ICAO code SMANBenzdorp ,Suriname
date = start date|2008|04|03|11|00
type = To be determined
fatalities = 19
aircraft_type =Antonov An-28
operator =Blue Wing Airlines [http://www.bluewingairlines.com/vloot_techinfo.htm official site]
tail_number = PZ-TSO
passengers = 17
crew = 2
survivors = 0 On Thursday, April 3, 2008, anAntonov An-28 operated byBlue Wing Airlines (registration PZ-TSO [cite news
url=http://www.dbsuriname.com/archief/nat/2008/apr08/04-04-08/Nat_Negentien%20doden%20bij%20ongeluk%20met%20toestel%20Blue%20Wing%20.asp
title=Negentien doden bij ongeluk met toestel Blue Wing
date=2008-04-04
accessdate=2008-04-04
publisher="Dagblad Suriname "] ) crashed upon landing at theLawa Antino Airport ofBenzdorp inSuriname . [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7329392.stm
title=Plane crashes in southern Surinam
date=2008-04-03
accessdate=2008-04-04
publisher=BBC News ] [cite news
url=http://www.nu.nl/news/1510126/20/Twintig_doden_door_vliegtuigramp_Suriname.html
title=Twintig doden door vliegtuigramp Suriname
date=2008-04-03
accessdate=2008-04-04
publisher=Nu.nl
language=nl icon] The plane carried 17 passengers and a crew of 2; all have died in the crash. [cite news
url=http://www.trouw.nl/hetnieuws/wereld/article957455.ece/Vliegramp_in_Suriname_negentien_doden
title=Vliegramp in Suriname: negentien doden
date=2008-04-03
accessdate=2008-04-04|publisher="Trouw "
language=nl icon]The crash occurred around 11:00 ART (14:00
UTC ). Initial media reports indicate that the airplane had to abort the landing, as therunway was being used by a small [http://www.gumair.com Gum Air] aircraft. [cite news
author=Ivan Cairo
url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6978--36-36--.html
title=Twenty feared dead in Suriname plane crash
publisher=Caribbean Net News
date=2008-04-03
accessdate=2008-04-03] The airplane attempted ago-around , but failed to gain height and crashed into a mountain.cite news
url=http://radio10.sr/content/view/2657/
title=Vliegtuigcrash in Lawa gebied. Alle 19 inzittenden om het leven gekomen
date=2008-04-03
accessdate=2008-04-04
publisher=Radio10
language=nl icon]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.
Among the casualties was also co-pilot Robert Lackin, as well as a family of six from Antecume Pata, citizens of
French Guyana .cite news
url=http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/laatste_24_uur/artikel/asp/artnr/200311/
title='Motoruitval oorzaak vliegramp Suriname'
date=2008-04-05
accessdate=2008-04-07
publisher=Novum /Elsevier
language=nl icon] [cite news
url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-7022--36-36--.html
title=Authorities launch formal investigation into Suriname plane crash
date=2008-04-05
author=Ivan Cairo
publisher=Caribbean Net News
accessdate=2008-04-07] They were to have flown on toAnapaike .A Dutch national police forensic team was dispatched to assist in the identification of victims. [cite news
title=Nederlands team op weg naar Suriname
url=http://www.trouw.nl/hetnieuws/nederland/article957766.ece/Nederlands_team_op_weg_naar_Suriname
publisher="Trouw "
date=2008-04-04
accessdate=2008-04-04
language=nl icon] [cite news
url=http://www.nrc.nl/buitenland/article1037774.ece/Nederlandse_hulp_voor_Suriname_na_vliegramp
title=Nederlandse hulp voor Suriname na vliegramp
publisher="NRC Handelsblad "
date=2008-04-04
accessdate=2008-04-04
language=nl icon]Background
The Antino project sits on part of a rich gold deposit that has been mined since the 1880s. The carrier flies scheduled An-28 flights Monday through Saturday to Antino site 7, where there is a 600 metre gravel strip. [cite web
url=http://www.infomine.com/index/pr/Pa356885.PDF
format=PDF
author=Adrian Fleming
title=Technical report: Antino Gold Project, Suriname, South America
year=2006]Flight
The plane had taken off from
Zorg en Hoop Airport inSuriname 's capitalParamaribo with seventeen passengers and two crew at 10:00 local time. [cite news
title=Forensic teams head to site of Suriname plane crash
url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsrxO3F9MZERza9ZUUDCeTF1yTLg
publisher=Agence France Press
date=2008-04-05
accessdate=2008-04-06] Eleven were due to disembark at Lawa Antino airstrip, 10 km west of the southeasterngold mining town ofBenzdorp , near theLawa River borderingFrench Guyana , [cite web
url=http://www.reuniongold.com/s/Antino1.asp?ReportID=151949
title=Reunion Gold Antino project
accessdate=2008-04-03] where they would work for telecommunications company Telesur. [cite news
url=http://www.telesur.sr/website/nieuws.asp?id=285&menuid=25
publisher=Telesur
date=2008-04-04
accessdate=2008-04-04
title=Met innige deelneming...
language=nl icon]References
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