Port au Prince Haiti plane crash

[melax]

A lots of missionary work down there, I'm wondering if that's the case here.
Talking about "secure crash site"

6 People Die In Plane Crash In Port-au-Prince

The aircraft, a Cessna-207 that headed to the Jacmel commune, collided with one vehicle driving along the Route des Rails avenues when trying to make an emergency landing.

www.telesurenglish.net

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article260604357.html

Several dead as small plane crashes in Haiti

A small plane crashed in the bustling Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, authorities said

www.usatoday.com

Accident Cessna 207 Skywagon HH-FAH,

A Cessna 207 Skywagon crashed into a soda truck on Route des Rails in Carrefour, Haiti. The pilot, the four passengers and the truck driver were killed. The pilot died in hospital from th...

aviation-safety.net

They crashed in front of a Jesus sign...

 

[ppragman]

Jesús… this is a messed up sled

 

[DropTank]

No fire with that much damage?

 

[melax]

No fire with that much damage?

Good question, there is however a puddle around the aircraft, don't know the nature of it (rain water perhaps, sewer ?). {Edit} the fire department used hoses to clean the scene, so I assume that explain the puddles. The non commercially rated pilot declared an emergency soon after take-off (engine trouble), so fuel starvation is a possibility. Ditching (if able at all) was probably the better choice rather than attempting to put it down on that narrow busy highway and getting into a head-on collision with a beverage truck. They apparently crashed 11NM away 1,500ft from the coast line.
The air distance to the destination is just 20NM, driving takes up to 3Hrs because of the poor road infrastructure + distance (60 road miles). There is also the ever present threat from gangs.
Sadly, one of the deceased, a pastor and taxi driver in Canada had just lost a son in December to a Ferris wheel accident.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montrealer-among-plane-crash-victims-haiti-1.6425755

In reponse to this latest accident, the Aviation Authority of Haiti has grounded all private flights.

Haiti grounds private flights amid probe into deadly crash

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s National Civil Aviation Office announced...

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