Taken from Newspaper Guyana Chronicle AT a solemn ceremony yesterday to mark the 31st anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster, Acting President Samuel Hinds joined other government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the Cuban Embassy, the Guyana/Cuba Friendship Association and several trade unions to honour those who perished. The ceremony was held at the Cubana Air Disaster commemoration site at Camp and Lamaha Streets, Georgetown, where a commitment was given to erect a monument. The highlight of the ceremony was a wreath-laying by the Acting President, Cuban Ambassador Francisco Marchante, Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), General Secretary Donald Ramotar, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green and other public figures. A tribute was made by Jeffrey Thomas, brother of Rawle Thomas who was a victim. The tragedy which took the lives of 11 Guyanese occurred off the coast of Barbados on October 6, 1976, when flight CU455, which was airborne and en route to Cuba from Guyana, exploded, killing all 73 passengers, including pilots and flight attendants. (Cubaminrex-Embacuba Belice)
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