16549: (Hermantin) Palm Beach Post-Recorder recovered in wreckage of plane (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Caribbean news briefs

-- Wire reports
Posted August 26 2003

Haiti

Recorder recovered in wreckage of plane

PORT-AU-PRINCE · Investigators recovered the flight recorder from a commuter
passenger plane that exploded and crashed after takeoff, killing all 21
people on board, according to news reports Monday.

The director of Haiti's civil aviation authority promised to increase
oversight, but said there was no need to cancel flights or ground other
aircraft operated by Tropical Airways d'Haiti.

According to U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ratings, Haiti's aviation
authority does not ensure that local airlines meet international standards,
so they are barred from flying to the United States.

A spokesman for Tropical Airways said most victims of the Sunday afternoon
crash were Haitians who had come from the Bahamas to visit relatives.

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