Date: 24 March 2001
Airline: Air Caraïbes
Flight No.: 1601
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
Location: Saint-Barthélémy, Guadeloupe
Fatalities: 19:19 + 1
Photographer: Lynne Sladky
The aircraft had departed ten minutes prior to the accident from Princess Juliana
Airport on the Dutch/French island of St. Maarten for the short journey to
Saint-Barthélémy. While on approach to Runway 10 (2,170 feet long), the aircraft
impacted terrain and a house, killing all seventeen passengers, two crew, and a
man on the ground. Weather at the time of the accident was reported to be
CAVUL.
