Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. The Boeing 757 aircraft serving the flight suffered a technical fault on 9 November 2018, forcing its return and resulting in a runway excursion on landing. This caused significant damage to the aircraft and one passenger fatality.
![]() N524AT, the aircraft involved, photographed in August 2013 | |
Runway Overrun | |
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Date | 9 November 2018 |
Summary | Runway excursion; under investigation; possible hydraulics failure[1] |
Site | Cheddi Jagan International Airport 6°30′25.1″N 58°14′44.7″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 757-23N |
Operator | Fly Jamaica Airways |
IATA flight No. | OJ256[2] |
ICAO flight No. | FJM256[2] |
Call sign | Greenheart 256[2] |
Registration | N524AT |
Flight origin | Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana |
Destination | Toronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada |
Occupants | 126 |
Passengers | 118 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | 5 |
Survivors | 125 |
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 757-23N, registration N524AT, powered by two Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. It was built in 1999 and first flew with ATA Airlines, VIM, Aurela and Thomas Cook before being acquired by Fly Jamaica in 2012.[3]
The aircraft departed from Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana on 9 November 2018 at 02:09 local time, bound for Toronto, Canada.[3] The flight subsequently reported a fault with the hydraulic system; as a result, the pilot aborted the climb and the plane returned to the departure airport for an emergency landing, touching down at 02:53. During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway and hit the airport perimeter fence, sustaining substantial damage in the process to the right-hand main landing gear and the No. 2 engine.[4][5][6][1]
There were approximately 118 passengers and 8 crew members on board the aircraft. Six persons were injured and an 86-year-old female passenger subsequently died on 16 November 2018 due to injuries sustained during the incident.[7][3][8]
Country | No. |
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Passengers | |
Canada | 82 |
Guyana | 35 |
United States | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
Trinidad | 1 |
Crew | |
Guyana | 6 |
Jamaica | 2 |
The accident is being investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) with assistance from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).[9] Preliminary data suggests a hydraulics failure occurred.[10]
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