Transportation

A truck accident took place late on Saturday afternoon. The truck was carrying small retail traders, many of them women, tipped over near Morne Tapion. At least 27 people were confirmed dead and 40 others injured. It was reported that many were crushed to death. The injured individuals were taken to Notre-Dame de Petit-Goave hospital.

According to Haitian authority, the truck's breaks failed in the hills close to the town of Petit Goave.

"What else is new"

Doesn't that just get you every few days, you hear the same thing: " Another car accident in Haiti, 10 dead, Car accident in Haiti, 8 dead, Haiti traffic accident, 20 dead.

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We just learned a terrible accident happened in Port-au-Prince yesterday, January 16, 2012. This took place in Delmas 33 in front of Television National D'Haiti (TNH).

A truck transporting sands, unable to find its break, took the live of many people as it was going down the hill. The truck finally stopped in front of the Television National D'Haiti. As the truck was going down, it took everything that was in its path, including people who were selling inthe streets.

Preliminary results put the total number of people who died so far at 20 and the toll is expected to go up. Over 50. People are reported injured Update: as of Tuesdat, 5:00pm the number of dead is 33 and is expected to rise

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We just learned a major car accident involving the journalist and radio personality from Vision 2000. Acording to Radio Caraibes Valery Numa was badly injured and is now in a coma as a result of the accident. Radio Caraibes reported that the car accident took place on Monday, December 26, 2011 in Morne Preval. Valery Numa was found unconscious at the site of the accident. He was transported to a hospital where he is currently receiving care.

At the time of this report, Valery Numa did not regain consciousness. He remains in Coma.

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How can this happen? The car brakes of the head of of Haiti government failed. According to the report, it happened in the location of Laboule near port -au-Prince when the car that was taking Prime Minister Garry Conille got into an accident. The accident was not serious and Prime Minister Garry Conille was not hurt.

Mr. Conille, as head of government, I would advise that you go and find out what's going on.

Prime Minister Garry Conille "Fok ou Geté Dlow"

If it is not your helicopter that does a forced landing, it is the Airplane taking the government team to Cuba that was obligated to do emergency landing.

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Breaking News. The "Haitian Joudalist" just learned that a domestic airline just crashed as it was preparing to land in Cap-Haitian. Haitian authorities reported that the landing was taking place during a rain storm.

According to the authorities, the airplane only had the two pilots and one passenger and all three were found dead.

At this time if we receive any more information about the Airplane crash in Haiti, we will let you know.

In summary, what we know is that the domestic airline was in route to the City of Cap-haitian. It crashed and killed thw pilots and the only passenger in the airplanes

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Heavy wind and high waves sank a boat in Haiti, killing five people. According to the Associated Press, the incident happened on Monday night as the Haitians boat left the island of La Gonave. The ferry was transporting charcoal and banana as it was reported.

For the history, in May, 2008, at least 11 Haitians died after a passenger ferry capsized off southern Haiti.

In February, 1993, a heavily overloaded ferry sank in a storm off the coast of Haiti, drowning most of the 2,000 passengers believed aboard.

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It is for real. Did you book you flight to Haiti yet?

If not, then wait. Just in time for the Summer. As of July one, both United Airlines and Continental Airlines will fly to Haiti.

The Haitian airspace is going to be even more crowded as United Airlines and Continental Airlines announced the addition of flights to Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in Port-au-Prince.

United Airlines will flight to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport three times per week. It will come directly from Newark Liberty International Airport three times a week.

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American Airlines took its first fly to Haiti on March 2, 1971, from New York to Port-au-Prince. On March 23, 2011 or forty years later, the American carrier is stronger than ever.

American Airlines now offers six daily flights to Haiti. From Florida, the airline offers five daily flights between Miami International Airport and Fort-Lauderdale. The airlines also offers one daily flight directly from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in Port-au-Prince.

What did the Haitian population get for this?

Wouldn't it be better if we had our own airline?

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Major traffic accident on Saturday. A Bus in direction to Jeremy, overturned as the bus slammed into a roadblock made by protesters. According to Police, these protesters were upset because they were not hired for a job to which they had applied for.

9 people were pronounced dead on impact and 24 injured were transported to a Hospital in Les Cayes.

A spokesman for the Department Direction of Civil Protection reported that 5 of the injured individuals received life threatened injuries.

Three people were immediately arrested for this accident.

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We observed that during his first official press conference since returning to Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier referred to the Airport in Port-au-Prince as "Francois Duvalier Airport".

AIRPORT HISTORY:
The current airport in Port-au-Prince was built in 1965 and Named "Francois Duvalier Airport". After Jean-Claude Duvalier was exiled in France in 1986, the name of the airport was changed to "Port-au-Prince airport". It was again renamed in 2003 to "Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport.

That was the video where in his press conference, Jean-Claude Duvalier referred to the current airport in Port-au-Prince not as "Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport" as the new official name to the airport since Jean-Claude went on exile but rather by its original name: Francois Duvalier International Airport.

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