KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A Caribbean Airlines plane en route from the Bahamas to Kingston made an emergency landing at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Thursday night.
A brief statement from the airline said flight BW62, which departed Nassau for Kingston with a scheduled stop in Montego Bay, undertook a controlled emergency landing. It did not say how many people were on the flight.
Reports said that the plane took off from Sangster International but had to return shortly after due to technical issues.
No details were provided by the Trinidad-based airline.
Caribbean Airlines said the aircraft landed safely and none of the passengers was injured.
Thursday night’s incident came three months after one of the airline’s planes crashed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana.
The plane broke in two, however, the 157 passengers and 6 crew members, survived.
MIAMI, CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected in South Florida on Saturday, the Florida-based young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has said.
The group, known as the G2K Miami, Florida, said that Holness will speak at a town hall meeting where he will “discuss his vision for Jamaica and give Jamaicans in South Florida a chance to voice their concerns about the future of the country.
“We’re looking forward to the prime minister’s visit because there are a lot of Jamaicans living in South Florida who want their voice to be heard,” said G2K vice president Sherman Calnek.
Holness, 39, the island’s youngest head of government succeeded Bruce Golding who stepped down in October.
There has been much speculation in Jamaica that Holness will announce the date for an early general election later this month.
General elections are constitutionally due in 2012.
