From Cayman Airways

On Monday, February 10, 2014, Cayman Airways flight KX832, departed Grand Cayman for Havana, Cuba at 1:25 pm, and experienced a technical anomaly shortly into the flight, which resulted in the Captain electing to return to Grand Cayman as a precautionary measure.

Cayman Airways wishes to advise that the anomaly did not constitute an emergency and that the Captain accordingly did not declare an emergency, despite initial rumours to the contrary. The Captain did however request for emergency crews to be on stand-by in an abundance of caution. At no time was the safe operation of the aircraft in question and the aircraft in fact accomplished a safe and uneventful landing at 1:57 pm. On landing, the aircraft was removed from service for the anomaly to be addressed, and a replacement aircraft was positioned and prepared to accomplish the flight to Havana, which departed at 5:30pm. Subsequently, Cayman Airways’ Miami flights KX106 and KX107 between Grand Cayman and Miami this evening are expected to be delayed in the region of 3.5 hours.

Cayman Airways President and CEO, Fabian Whorms, said: “As always, we know that the presence of emergency services for any landing causes concern for our passengers and the community at large, but we would like to give an assurance that the emergency services requested to be on standby in this instance, was purely precautionary. Our highly competent operating crews will at times request for airport emergency services to be on stand-by when landings are being undertaken with even minor anomalies, and this is a testament to the paramount importance we place on safety ”.

Cayman Airways sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience this precautionary return to the airport, and subsequent delays, may have caused our passengers.

Original story:

Emergency at Owen Roberts Airport

Emergency services were on standby for a “full scale emergency” at Owen Roberts International Airport today (Mon 10) involving a Cayman Airways plane with 98 persons on board on its way to Havana, Cuba.

After taking off the pilots discovered “an issue” with the aircraft and returned to Owen Roberts as a precautionary measure.

The plane landed safely without incident and emergency services that included fire, police and ambulance were stood down.

No official word has been given to the media as of 2:50pm today (10)