1 aircraft accident in Saint-Barthélémy since 2000

List of the only aircraft accident in Saint-Barthélémy since 2000 :

Date : 24th March, 2001
Airline : Caraïbes Air Transport
Aircraft : DHC-6 Twin Otter 300

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Location : Saint-Barthélémy
People on board : 19
Fatalities : 19 + 1 on ground

24th March, 2001

Caraïbes Air Transport DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 with 19 people onboard crashes in Saint-Barthélémy

The Twin Otter plane was on a 10-minute inter island flight between St. Maarten, Dutch/French Antilles, and Saint-Barthélémy, French Antilles, and approached Saint-Barthélémy from the West for…

Criteria for the inclusion of an airplane accident in our database

All airplane crashes that happened since January 1st 2000 and matching all the following criteria are part of this database:

• The accident involves at least one public transport airplane. A flight is considered as public transport when it carries, from point A to point B, passengers or cargo for commercial purposes. Public transport operators must hold a national air operator’s certificate and an operating licence.
• The accident involves at least one airplane having a maximum take off weight equal or more than 12,000 lb (5,7 tons). This corresponds to the definition of a large aeroplane in the sense of the civil aviation regulation. Airplanes in this category comply with more stringent regulations.
• The accident resulted in a hull loss of at least one public transport airplane. Hull loss means the airplane is damage beyond repairs.

A few events in that database don’t match with those criteria, such as relevant events of flight tests aircraft, or military transport planes.