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Summary Many passengers fled through emergency exits when the plane finally came to a stop.
The Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway and burst through a perimeter fence after arriving at Georgetowns Cheddi Jagan airport just past midnight from New York. The front of the plane snapped off and it stopped meters from a deep jungle ravine.Passengers screamed when the plane lost control and many fled through emergency exits when it finally came to a stop, a local newspaper reported.Flight BW-523 was carrying 157 passengers and six crew members. The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines said it did not know the cause of the accident. Investigators from the United States and Guyana were sent to retrieve the black box.Boeings 737-800 model was introduced in 1996 and has previously suffered eight serious crashes causing a total of 525 deaths, according to the Flight Safety Foundation.
