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April 23, 2014
Bahamasair's return to Mayaguana hailed as good news

The completion of the runway refurbishment at the Mayaguana Airport and the return of regularly scheduled Bahamasair flights there after a five year absence are significant milestones for the residents of that island and signal the resurgence of the Mayaguana economy, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said in a statement yesterday...

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April 08, 2013
Govt to Finish Repairs at Mayaguana Airport

Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday she is getting advice on how her ministry can finish repairs at the airport in Mayaguana without interfering with the heads of agreement signed between the I-Group and the government.

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April 08, 2013
Basic Safety and Mayaguana

The death of three people in Mayaguana last week was a tragedy. The residents were attempting to illuminate a runway for a medical charter. The plane struck the vehicles and two women and man were killed. The victims were identified as former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie's mother, Edith Collie, his sister...

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October 09, 2013
Ongoing woes for Mayaguana airport

Several Mayaguana residents used their vehicles' high beams to assist in the landing of a plane making an emergency medical flight on Sunday because half of the emergency solar lights at the runway were inoperable, The Nassau Guardian has learnt...

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April 09, 2013
I-Group: Runway Tragedy Not Political

The Ingraham administration's renegotiation of the I-Group's Mayaguana deal played no part in last week's tragic accident, which killed three people on a runway on that island, said I-Group representative Tim Haffner yesterday.

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April 04, 2013
Tragic aviation accident in Mayaguana

In the early hours of this morning I was informed of an aviation accident in Mayaguana resulting in the tragic death of 3 people. I am advised that all 3 persons are residents of the island of Mayaguana.

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April 04, 2013
UPDATE: Deceased identified in Mayaguana Runway Crash

Mayaguana - An emergency evacuation flight turned deadly this morning when the plane chartered to pick up the ailing individual crashed into a vehicle near the runway, killing three people, the Minister of Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin revealed. 3.29pm: Glenys Hanna-Martin, Minister of Transport and Aviation...

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November 23, 2020
American escapes unhurt from Mayaguana plane crash

AN American man escaped injury after his plane crashed in Mayaguana on Saturday...

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April 08, 2013
Mayaguana Tragedy Shows Need for Higher Standards

Days after an airport runway accident in Mayaguana took the lives of three innocent people, Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright, the commercial pilot turned attorney and the voice calling for the establishment of a Bahamas International Aircraft Registry, urged government to move quickly to establish the registry that will not only bring welcomed business to The Bahamas but will cause the country to deal ...

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April 05, 2013
The Free National Movement mourns the loss of life in Mayaguana

The leader of the Free National Movement, Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis expresses his deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of Edith Barnes-Collie, Enamae and Tim Polowick, on the painful and unfortunate occasion of their tragic deaths in Mayaguana on Thursday morning.

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