None of the 452 passengers and 16 crew members on board flight VS 52 was hurt.
It happened occurred around 7:25 pm when the Boeing 747-400 heading to Gatwick Airport, London, entered a closed section of the airport that was undergoing repairs.
“The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) immediately activated its emergency plan. The Fire Service responded and all relevant stakeholders were alerted,” a statement from the government said.
“There are no reported injuries. AATT organized the shuttling of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal.”
The statement added that the area of the runway had been closed to facilitate paving and rehabilitation works and closed taxiway was appropriately marked and lit.
A team from the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority is conducting investigations to determine the cause of the incident. Four Caribbean Airlines flights were cancelled as a result of the closure of the airport.
The Ministry of Transport immediately put contingency plans were in place to accommodate travelers.
"For the travelling public between Trinidad and Tobago, contingency plans are being put in place by the relevant authorities to ensure that travel between the two islands continues to be facilitated," it said in a release.
It was the second aviation mishap in the Caribbean in two weeks. On July 30 a Caribbean Airlines plane overshot the runway in stormy weather and crashed through a fence at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana.
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