Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dominica Air & Seaport Authority (DASPA) Benoit Bardouille has confirmed that a small French Cessna aircraft crashed in Melville Hall area, 4.5 miles West of the Douglas Charles airport. The pilot was the sole occupant.
In an exclusive interview with reporter Carlisle Jno Baptiste, today April 18, 2019 Bardouille said. “We were informed by the French authorities about 8:22am that they had lost contact with a small aircraft going from Martinique to Guadeloupe, 6 miles off the Douglas-Charles airport in Dominica and that they need help from Dominica in locating the aircraft.”
He said that the crash is 4.5 miles in a woody area west of the Douglas Charles airport.
“Based on the coordinates that they provided, we had to ask for assistance of a helicopter because the area where the aircraft was located is a very difficult terrain. I can confirm that that assistance is currently being provided and the aircraft has been identified in a location west of the airport and ground personals in Dominica are putting a rescue plan together to get to the aircraft,” Bardouille said.
He said that the Douglas Charles airport has not been affected and is fully operational. “I must repeat that it is in a very difficult woody area and they will and are doing all possible to get to it. I want to also point out that the Douglas-Charles airport has not been affected in no way shape or form and is operating as usual on schedule with its regular flights,” Bardouille stated.
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