GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 10, CMC – The search is continuing for the pilot of a Air Services Limited (ASL) plane that crashed on the side of a mountain, deep in Guyana’s jungles, on the side of a mountain.
The wreckage of the Cessna Caravan aircraft, registration 8R-YAC has been spotted and search and rescue operations are underway.
The lone occupant has been identified as Captain Ryder Castello, a Nicaraguan national who has been employed with ASL for at least 10 years. He is reported to have about 20 years of experience.
The single engine aircraft last made contact with the authorities in the vicinity of Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). It was transporting cargo from Mahdia to Imbaimadai in Region Seven
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