Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport - Incidents

Incidents

To date, there have been no serious air incidents at the airport. A number of minor situations have occurred, including:

• 2005 - Tobago Express Dash 8-300, departing from the Crown Point International made an emergency landing at the Piarco International Airport, Trinidad after the nose wheel failed to deploy. No deaths.

• 2007 - In October, both Crown Point International and the Piarco Airport were shut down for at least 2 days due to failed negotiations with the airport staff for better working wages. All flights operated through Crown Point and Piarco were canceled, severely disrupting passengers traveling to Caribbean and International destinations.

• 2009 - Crown Point International and Piarco International Airports suffered massive delays and cancellations after aircraft fuel plagued with massive amounts of sulphur was discovered, rendering the fuel unusable. Airlines to and from Crown Point and Piarco either cancelled or delayed their flights.

• 2011 - A.N.R. Robinson International Airport in Tobago was shut down at 8 p.m. Thursday 11 August 2011 due to a Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-400, G-VXLG, destined for Gatwick London which inadvertently encroached on a section of the airport taxiway that was undergoing repairs and which was lit in red. As a result of the encroachment, one of the tires on the aircraft was blown out and the aircraft was disabled. In the circumstances the A.N.R. Robinson International Airport was immediately closed, while the Civil Aviation Authority and Virgin Atlantic worked assiduously to restore operations to normal. The incident left Virgin Atlantic Airways flight VS52 across the runway, The 452 passengers on board VS52 were asked to disembark one hour after the incident.