ComPol Commends Pilot and Agencies that Responded

Commissioner of Police Chester Williams praised all the agencies that responded to the hijacking, highlighting the pilot’s bravery. Williams noted that if the pilot had panicked, the outcome could have been very different.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“It is a matter of making sure we have proper command and control. I took command of the operation and guided what the police weas going to do, lasing with different counterparts, looking at the U.S. Embassy, the Coast Guard, the BDF, even the CEO in the prime minister’s office. My minister, I kept constant dialogue with him. It is to ensure we are all in sync in terms of what we do when have these incidents. At the end of the day, one slip can cause mayhem. So we have to ensure that whatever we do is done with the intent to create good and achieve good. I believe that all the agencies involved today did execute their functions properly and that is the reason why we have the results we have. And, I cannot forget the pilot. The pilot for that plane did an exception job, even in terms of his communication with the tower as this was unfolding. He remained calm and was extremely focused in terms of what he was going to do. Had he panicked it could have had a different outcome.”