Port Kaituma Airport - Wikipedia
Port Kaituma Airport (IATA: PKM, ICAO: SYPK) is an airport serving the village of Port Kaituma, in the Barima-Waini Region of Guyana. Port Kaituma Airport made headlines on 18 November 1978 when US Congressman Leo Ryan and his team boarded a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter with registration 8R-GEJ.
Aerial view of Port Kaituma, 1978 | San Diego State University …
An aerial view of Port Kaituma and surrounding jungle. The airstrip where Congressman Ryan's group was ambushed on November 18, 1978 is on the right, with a road and a collection of buildings on the left.
Jonestown Massacre - Port Kaituma Airstrip Shooting
Dec 31, 2014 · While the infamous mass suicide is taking place in the remote settlement of Jonestown, seven miles away at Port Kaituma airstrip, Leo Ryan, a U.S Congressman from California, and others are gunned down by members of …
Jonestown Massacre: A 'Reason' to Die - Crime Library
At the Port Kaituma airstrip, Corporal Rudder, the Guyanese Regional Officer of the Northwest district, met the plane. His instructions from "Jonestown" were that only Lane and Garry were to be allowed to leave the plane.
Reporter’s 1978 account of deadly ambush, Jonestown tragedy
FILE - This Nov. 18, 1978 file photo shows the bodies of five people, including Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., on the airstrip at Port Kaittuma, Guyana, after an ambush by members of the Peoples Temple cult.
Port Kaituma airstrip | Military and others walking down the
Sep 24, 2007 · Military and others walking down the Port Kaituma Airstrip presumably discussing the 18 November 1978 attack. Photo taken by FBI agents after 18 November 1978 and released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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“I survived the Jonestown massacre” - Kaieteur News
Nov 21, 2010 · From the Port Kaituma airstrip, a tractor/ trailer took them to Jonestown, located some six miles away from the airstrip. “We were met at the temple entrance by Jim Jones’s wife. She said that Jones wasn’t feeling well and she was here to welcome us.”
Port Kaituma airstrip shootings (November 18, 1978) - YouTube
Shooting - 3:00 Footage of the Port Kaituma airstrip shootings that left 5 dead, including U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan, and 11 others injured, on November 18, 1978. The shooters were members of...
Who was killed at the Port Kaituma airstrip on November 18?
Jun 15, 2013 · Five people died in the Port Kaituma airstrip shootings. They were: Congressman Leo Ryan; photographer Greg Robinson of The San Francisco Examiner ; cameraman Bob Brown and reporter Don Harris from NBC; and Temple defector Patricia Parks.
Port Kaituma Footage – Alternative Considerations of Jonestown ...
Feb 17, 2013 · The NBC segment of newsreel footage of the final moments at the Port Kaituma airstrip is here. The tape, lasting three minutes and 30 seconds, begins with 20 seconds of color bars, then depicts approximately 2:40 of Ryan’s congressional party – including newsmen and members of Concerned Relatives – along with defecting Jonestown residents ...
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