Two persons are reported to have been injured when an airplane belonging to SVG Air careened off the runway at the John A Osborne Airport on Montserrat Wednesday afternoon.
The passengers have so far not been identified.
ZJB Radio on Montserrat reported that the airplane owned by SVG Air, one of two airlines that service Montserrat-Antigua route, skidded off the runway on the eastern side of the airport.
ZJB Radio said that according to official sources, seven persons, including the pilot, were aboard the aircraft when it careened off the runway.
ZJB Radio also said that there were told that two persons who were injured in the mishap. However, the injuries were not life-threatening.
A message from the Office of the Governor on the British dependency expressed “sincere sympathy to all those involved” in the mishap at the island’s airport.
“We hope that the two injured passengers will recover swiftly. Such incidents are inevitably traumatic for all concerned but we hope the stress will ease soon now that all are safe. That no lives were lost is the most important thing.
“We would also like to record our thanks to the emergency services and airport staff who responded swiftly with courage and commitment,” the Governor’s office said.
According to information from the Governor’s office, “the UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) have engaged their local Accident Investigation Manager (AIM) to commence the investigation process which began last night.
A report will be published when all investigations are completed.”
