After Mabaruma runway incident, GCAA warns over animal incursions
Guyana Times reports that Trans Guyana Airways said it raised runway-incursion concerns in June and again on September 9, before the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority issued a warning following an animal-related incident at Mabaruma. The article gives no count of incursions. It also specifies that the cited one-million-dollar fine and six months’ imprisonment apply to trespassing on aerodrome land or causing an animal to trespass there, upon summary conviction.
Guyana Times reports a sequence of concern, incident and enforcement warning, but provides no tally to quantify the reported increase in animals crossing aerodrome runways. Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) said it first raised concern on June 16, 2026, and brought the matter to the attention of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s Director General on September 9, 2026.
More than a week before the article, a TGA Cessna Caravan overshot the Mabaruma airstrip in Region One after an animal entered the runway, according to the account. The pilot took evasive action; at least one person was injured and several others were traumatised. The article does not give the incident’s exact date.
On Friday, the GCAA warned against deliberate or negligent release of animals onto runways and said it would pursue those responsible. It characterized disruptions as serious offences under the Civil Aviation Act of 2018. The specific statutory provision cited in the article says a person who trespasses on land forming part of an aerodrome, or causes an animal to trespass there, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one million dollars and imprisonment for six months.