Tag Archives: search and rescue

Two youths went missing on Sunday at Unity beach, Mahaica where they went to swim at a time of extremely high tide, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Coast Guard was on standby to participate in the search at sunrise Monday. The Home Affairs Ministry said those missing were 20-year-old Navin Seenauth and 17-year-old Daniel ...

A Guyanese policeman and the pilot of the single-engine Cessna plane that crashed Monday night were rescued several hours later and rushed to hospital, officials said. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said the United States-registered plane ran out of fuel and went down. At least 100 curious persons up to late Monday night ...

This is a developing story A single-engine Cessna 182 plane that was transporting the body of a dead man crashed after it ran out of fuel, Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Egbert Field said. Field said the pilot, Lincoln Gomez’s jaw was broken and a policeman,Michael Grimmond,sustained a broken leg. The plane, which bears United States registration ...