LIAT Flight 319

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LIAT Flight 319
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, LIAT AN0208043.jpg
A LIAT Series 300 Twin Otter similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date3 August 1986
SummaryCrashed into the sea in poor weather
Site
Caribbean Sea, 13°08′14″N61°13′08″W / 13.137335°N 61.218879°W / 13.137335; -61.218879
Aircraft
Aircraft type de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 310 Twin Otter
Operator LIAT
Registration V2-LCJ
Flight origin Hewanorra International Airport
Destination E. T. Joshua Airport
Passengers11
Crew2
Fatalities13
Survivors0

LIAT Flight 319 was a scheduled Caribbean inter-island flight from Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia to E. T. Joshua Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On 3 August 1986, the 19-seater de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 310 Twin Otter airliner serving the flight, which was operated by Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), disappeared, but is believed to have crashed into the Caribbean Sea, resulting in the deaths of its eleven passengers and two aircrew.

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Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310, with manufacturer serial number 785, registered as V2-LCJ. This airliner first flew in 1982. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27. [1] It was capable of accommodating 19 passengers. [2]

Accident

On Sunday 4 August 1986, LIAT Flight 319 departed from Hewanorra International Airport in St. Lucia, en route to the E. T. Joshua Airport (then called the Arnos Vale airport) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On attempting to land at its destination the plane encountered difficulties due to a rainstorm. Two initial attempts were made to land the plane. The plane is believed to have crashed into the sea and sunk in water some 6,000 feet (1,800 m) deep during its third landing attempt. [3]

Neither the bodies of the passengers and crew, nor the wreckage were discovered. The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines declared everyone on board perished, after recovery attempts failed to locate any bodies six days after the crash. [3]

Victims

Seven of the passengers aboard Flight 319 were Vincentian nationals. There were also two Americans, two Italians, one Canadian and one Antiguan among the flight's passengers and crew. [3]

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References

  1. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. "Plane with 13 passengers disappears near St. Vincent". Associated Press. 4 August 1986.
  3. 1 2 3 "LIAT flight declared lost by government". Associated Press. 8 August 1986.