In The News Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 DALLAS – A Red Air (L5) MD-82 was involved in a major incident at Miami International Airport (MIA). The aircraft in question is Flight L5203 operated by an MD-83 registered as HI1064. The flight arrived this afternoon from Santo Domingo/Las Americas Airport (SDQ), Dominican Republic. The MD-82 collided with several objects and steered off the runaway into the grassy area between the runway and the taxiway. The plane destroyed a communications/radar tower as well as a small building in the region that was in its way. The tower could be seen wrapped around the plane’s right-wing, which was also on fire. There are no official reports as to the cause of the accident. Firefighters arrived on the scene swiftly and used foam vehicles to quickly put out the fire. According to initial reports, about 140 people and 11 crew members that were on board the plane were safely evacuated. The passengers on board appeared to be in good health. However, four individuals were reportedly injured, two of whom were sent to the hospital, according to sources at MIA. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ONLY in DADE (@onlyindade) The Airline Red Air air officially launched in December 2021 as the fourth airline in the Dominican Republic. According to aviaciononline.com, CEO Héctor Gómez explained that the airline plans to operate seven destinations in five countries by 2022 in its first stage of a three-phase strategy to be developed over the next two years. Initially L5 will have four McDonnell Douglas MD-81s and MD-82s with a 12-seat configuration in business class and 137 seats in economy class. Its current operation consists of flights between SDQ and MIA with two daily non-scheduled services, providing 2,000 seats per week. The company expects to upgrade to scheduled service by February 2022. The airline is authorized to fly in the US to MIA and Tampa (TPA), Florida; plus San José (SJO), Costa Rica; Medellín (MDE) y Cartagena (CTG) en Colombia; Panamá (PTY) y Caracas (CCS) en Venezuela. This is a developing story. Repost from @ActualidadRadio Un avión se incendió después de aterrizar en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami. No se reportan heridos. pic.twitter.com/mGGQfiXpZx— _ (@_D_190) June 21, 2022 Featured image: Red Air View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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