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LIAT cancels flights due to incident with aircraft

Published:Sunday | January 22, 2023 | 4:39 PM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Regional carrier, LIAT, on Sunday announced the cancellation of some flights due to an incident with an aircraft at one of its stations. 

The carrier, in making the announcement, said the incident, which occurred between the aircraft and a piece of ground equipment, compelled the airline to ground the aircraft in the interest of passenger and crew safety

LIAT says the aircraft is currently being evaluated in accordance with the company's safety and maintenance procedures and will be returned to service once all checks have been completed.

Based on this, the airline said that the regular LIAT schedule will be disrupted due to the withdrawal of this aircraft, until Monday.

Passengers affected by this disruption will be accommodated on alternate services or can rebook by contacting LIAT's reservations call centre.

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