Emergency landing Sint-Maarten Air Antilles flight to Pointe-à-Pitre, passengers unharmed
Emergency landing in Sint-Maarten for an Air Antilles flight to Pointe-à-Pitre, passengers are unharmed
The Air Antilles flight that left Saint-Barthélemy this Sunday, January 19, bound for Pointe-à-Pitre, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Princess Juliana Airport in the Dutch part of Saint-Martin. The crew and passengers are unharmed and will be rerouted to their final destination.
More fear than harm for the passengers of Air Antilles flight 4 I 301 The Twin Otter DHC-6, registered HB-LUX, was forced to make an emergency landing this morning at 10:14 a.m. at Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint-Maarten. Having left Rémy de Haenen Airport in Saint-Barthélemy 19 minutes earlier, the twin-engine aircraft was due to head to Pointe-à-Pitre – Maryse Condé with several passengers on board.
Smoke in the cockpit
After a few minutes of flight, the pilots detected smoke in the cockpit and immediately signaled an emergency by activating the Squawk code 7700. This alert, equivalent to “Mayday”, triggers an alarm on the ground radar control posts. The plane was therefore diverted to the nearest airport, Sint Maarten, where the fire trucks were waiting. https://stmaartennews.ai/mps-ottley-lacroes-lewis-brings-budget-amendment-to-strengthen-parliaments-legislative-capacity/
The plane landed normally, the airline management said.
The passengers and crew have been taken care of and will be rerouted to Pointe-à-Pitre. A mechanic from Zimex is expected at Juliana Airport to check the plane.
Samuel Braconnier, CEO of Air Antilles
Cancellation of flights to Saint-Barth
Chartered from ZIMEX, a Swiss airline, the Twin Otter DHC-6 is the only aircraft capable of taking off or landing over a very short distance (STOL) that Air Antilles lines up. The airline was therefore forced to cancel all other scheduled flights to Saint Barthélemy.