CAL TOLD TO ADDRESS MEDIA

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Caribbean Airlines should be performing checks and double checks before its planes take off. This is the admonition of the President of the Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce.  His concern comes following the recent emergency landing of a CAL aircraft leaving Tobago.  Nicole M Romany tells us more.

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00:00It was confirmed that one of the engines of the aircraft ran out of fuel after

00:06taking off from the Sister Isle. Head of the Tobago Chamber of Industry and

00:10Commerce Curtis Williams tells TV6 when he received the news of the incident he

00:15was taken aback adding that in aviation there is zero room for mistakes because

00:21you're dealing with lives and bodies. Something needs to be checked and

00:26double-checked. An aircraft just don't, engine don't cut off in the air or lose

00:33fuel in the air. It meant that someone did lapse in operation or some

00:39equipment did not work as it ought to. So the technicians and the other

00:45expertise within that field will definitely have to do a thorough check

00:49to ensure that these things don't happen again. On Thursday opposition MP Bari

00:55Podarath called for an audit into Cal's operations. The chamber president agrees.

01:00He further wants to see someone in a management position address the public

01:05on the situation. My biggest concern is Cal investigate this thing properly.

01:12Don't just sweep it under the carpet. There were numerous rumors in

01:18the air about other incidents in the past so give us the assurance that

01:22everything is okay by probably don't hide behind the news release and all

01:26these things. Come address the media and take a five minutes and chat

01:30with the media. Bring a PR people and give us the assurance that hey guys this

01:34happened and we are going to thoroughly investigate it and then we will see

01:39where the loopholes are and we correct. The chamber president tells us he spent

01:44over 20 years in the airline industry working under safety and security.

01:49Traveling on an aircraft is not like a maxi taxi that way now you know you can

01:54pull on the side of the road and and take on fuel if you run out of fuel or

01:58something wrong and you know get a flat tire and we know just recently we had

02:02incident where when one of the when the plane landed we realized that you know

02:07something was missing. A video of the incident was circulated on social media

02:12showing cabin crew advising passengers to brace. Nicole M Romany TV6 News

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