Editing Vieques Air Link (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==
* On December 21, 1971, an Islander, N589JA, with 1 crew and 7 passengers crashed at Culebra airport. The aircraft bounced on landing. The pilot initiated a [[go-around]] over hills. The aircraft was unable to clear a house and crashed.
* On December 19, 1977, an Islander, N862JA, [[1977 Vieques Air Link crash|crashed]] en route from St. Croix to Vieques when both engines stopped due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was ditched off Vieques. There were 9 passengers and a pilot on board. Five were killed and the aircraft was written off.
* On January 26, 1980, a bomb was found on a Vieques Air Link plane that was about to be flown by Raul Mari Pesquera, son of [[Juan Mari Bras]]<ref>http://despiertaboricua.tumblr.com/post/11521423866/lista-de-atentados-terroristas-hacia-puerto-rico {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref> (in Spanish).
* On August 2, 1984, an Islander, N589SA, operating as [[Vieques Air Link Flight 901A]], crashed on initial climb out of Vieques en route to St. Croix. The Islander was overloaded by 600–700 pounds when it departed Vieques. Also, its centre of gravity was up to 5&nbsp;inches behind the aft limit. After takeoff the left engine lost power. It lost altitude, banked abruptly to the left, nosed down and crashed into the ocean. It appeared that the fuel had been contaminated with water. On board were the pilot and 8 passengers, all were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR85-08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321053537/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR85-08.pdf|archive-date=2015-03-21|title=Aircraft Accident Report: Vieques Air Link, Inc., Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander, N589SA. Vieques, Puerto Rico. August 2, 1984|publisher=[[NTSB]]|date=1985-09-27|url-status=usurped|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>
* On September 21, 1989, the following Islanders were damaged beyond repair by [[Hurricane Hugo]].
**N112JC
**N290VL
**N457SA
* On November 19, 1999, an Islander, N907VL, was damaged beyond repair at [[Anguilla Wallblake Airport]] by [[Hurricane Lenny]].
* On May 6, 2000, a Vieques Air Link pilot allegedly flew a company aircraft over Camp Garcia, a restricted US Navy area, on a scheduled flight an hour after protesters had been removed from the area by FBI agents and U.S. Marshals, resulting in the suspension of the pilot.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-07-mn-27464-story.html| title = Archives - Los Angeles Times| website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = May 7, 2000}}</ref>
* On June 2, 2020, 2 people died and one was seriously injured when a Vieques Air Link [[Piper Aztec]] crashed against two sailboats at San Juan Bay. It's not clear which of the two San Juan airports the flight was heading to.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dead-small-plane-crashes-waters-puerto-rico-71030825|title=2 dead after small plane crashes in waters near Puerto Rico|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> This marked the first incident involving fatalities for the airline in almost 36 years.