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Liat Emergency Landing in Antigua


Pictured: A LIAT De Havilland Canada DHC-8-110 Dash 8 at Scarborough / Tobago – Crown Point
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Contact photographer H. R. Martin Phills

What: LIAT de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Antigua to St. Lucia
Where: Antigua
When: Jan 10th 2010
Who: not available
Why: Twice in a row this plane took off and returned to Antigua after an emergency warning and engine shut down. Twice in a row the plane made a safe landing back in Antigua.

One hopes the passengers were somehow accommodated. No more details available.

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