Wheel falls off a LIAT aircraft

Bridgetown.liat

A wheel fell off a LIAT plane this morning during a take-off from Guyana to Barbados.

The plane LI 774 was travelling from Guyana to Barbados this morning with 43 passengers on board it continued to the Grantley Adams International Airport where, as a precautionary measure, emergency services were on standby.

The landing was uneventful and the passengers disembarked at the gate in Barbados. The aircraft is being examined by the company’s maintenance department and will undergo the various checks stipulated by the manufacturer before it is returned to service.

Over the past few weeks, LIAT has been experiencing a number of problems with passengers complaining of being left stranded at airports across the region.