As families of those who died in the Acklins Blue Air Charter crash in Lake Killarney off Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) commemorated the two-year anniversary of their loss yesterday, new details about what investigators believe caused the tragedy emerged.
Dion Demeritte, a Civil Aviation airworthiness inspector and Flight Standards Inspectorate (FSI) investigator, told The Nassau Guardian that the 18-month investigation which probed the doomed flight revealed a reported flaw in the plane’s engine cylinder.
The engine, manufactured by Engine Components Incorporated (ECI), developed a crack after being overhauled, according to the accident report.
That crack may have been the catalyst in a chain of events that resulted in the plane dropping out of the sky on October 5, 2010 as it left LPIA en route to San Salvador for the Discovery Day Festival, according to Demeritte.
The twin engine Cessna crashed just minutes after take off, killing everyone on board, including the pilot.
