Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa25 Gumiguru 1983, Marines kubva ku8th Marine Regiment yakamhara padyo neherikoputa uye "yakapamba" Pearls Airport panguva yekupinda kweUnited States kweGrenada
, kusangana nokudzivisa kuduku bedzi. Panguva iyoyo, nhandare yendege yaive nechiteshi chechitima / chivakwa chekufambisa uye nzvimbo yekuchengetera mafuta. MaMarine akatora ndege mbiri dzakamiswa. Imwe yakanga iri AN-26 yeCuba Airlines turboprop yakanga yasvika zuva rapfuura ichibva kuHavana nevakuru vakuru vaviri veCuba. Rimwe racho raiva AN-2R biplane, chipo chakapihwa Grenada neSoviet Union, chainzi chaizoshandiswa pakurima. Mukati menguva yakatevera yehondo, maMarines akashandisa nhandare yendege sehwaro hwekuita mabasa ekurwisa kupedzisa kukundwa kwechikamu chekumabvazuva kwechitsuwa. Nzvimbo huru yeAmerica yakanga iri paPoint Salines apo nzira yokumhanya-mhanya ine mamita 9,000 uye nzvimbo itsva yakanga yava kuda kupedzwa.