Port Kaituma Airport
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title:
Port Kaituma Airport
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Port Kaituma Airport is an airport serving the village of Port Kaituma, in the Barima-Waini Region of Guyana. Port Kaituma Airport made headlines on 18 November 1978 when US Congressman Leo Ryan and his team boarded a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter with registration 8R-GEJ. Ryan had been investigating the Peoples Temple cult of Jim Jones. The aircraft carrying 16 people was about to depart, when it was attacked by armed commune members. The attack resulted in five deaths including Ryan and
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Airport in Guyana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Kaituma_Airport
date created:
2021-11-29T10:34:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T03:38:07Z
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