Toussaint Louverture International Airport

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Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture ( IATA: PAP, ICAO code: MTPP ) is one of the two international airports of Haiti. It is located in the north of the capital Port -au -Prince.

History

It was built in the 1940s as a civil airfield, and served between 1950 and 1960 as a military airfield of the United States. After that, the airport was expanded and opened in 1965. At that time he was known as the autocratic ruler François Duvalier. In 1986, he was renamed Aéroport international de Port -au -Prince before it in honor of the revolutionary Toussaint Louverture received its name in 2003.

During an earthquake in January 2010, the tower was severely damaged during the take-off and landing runways and the rest of the infrastructure remained largely intact. The management of the airport was then passed temporarily from the U.S. Air Force at the request of the Haitian President René Préval.

Incidents

  • March 7, 1980: A Learjet 25 ( N211MB ) on a charter flight for the merchant bank crashes upon arrival in the hills at the airport. One passenger and two crew members die.
  • December 7, 1995: a Beechcraft 1900D (F- OHRK ) Air -St. Martin rams a mountain at an altitude of 5,030 feet ( 1,533 m), 30 km from the airport. Two crew members and 18 passengers are killed.
  • 12 February 1996: A GAF Nomad ( N224E ) of Haiti Express crashes at startup. Two crew members and eight passengers die.
  • August 31, 2007: A Cessna Grand Caravan (HH -CAR ) of Caribintair crashes shortly after takeoff, 5 km from the airport, from. No serious casualties.
  • September 11, 2007: a Cessna Grand Caravan (HH - CAW ) the Caribintair comes when landing 10 kilometers away from the start and runway crash.
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