System failure forces BWIA flight to turn around A BWIA flight to Jamaica was forced to return to Piarco International Airport on Sunday shortly after take-off when a vital system began to fail. After half an hour in the air, the aircraft's captain noticed that a warning light was on, indicating that the primary trim was not fully functional. The primary trim is necessary to keep the aircraft level on its course. BWIA's public relations officer, Clint Williams, said the pilots immediately switched to an alternative system. "Everything has a back-up," Williams said. "In this case, the pilots followed procedure and everything was fine." The aircraft returned to Piarco, where the system was replaced. The incident made the 414 to Kingston almost three hours late. On Friday night BWIA again faced some trouble. As a return flight from Jamaica approached the runway around 7.30 pm, the aircraft almost ran into a pack of stray dogs. The plane was forced to ascend again and radio for assistance while they circled. Had they continued the landing, they risked pulling one or more of the dogs into their engines. A Liat aircraft also faced the same problem. An Airports Authority official told the Express that within minutes a team was dispatched to the runway, armed with equipment to capture the strays. They managed to rein in the "pot hounds" after about 15 minutes. "The Airports Authority is responsible for catching the strays," said the official. "At this time, we are unable to provide more information on where the dogs came from." Both the BWIA and Liat flights later landed safely. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBSC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (HCL) http://www.hcltt.com/ (HCL Group of Companies) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************