Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 10 MAY 2009 |
| Time: | ca 02:00 |
| Type: | British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32 |
| Operator: | ? |
| Registration: | YV1467 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Utila Airport (UII) (Honduras) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A twin engined plane was destroyed during an accident near Utila Airport (UII), part of the archipelago of Islas de la Bahia. One of the crew members was killed, two others sustained minor injuries.
Authorities found and confiscated 1500 kgs of cocaine on board the airplane. Reportedly the aircraft ran out of fuel in rainy weather and attempted a forced landing.
Hondran newspapers report that the airplane carried the Venzuelan registration YV1467. This airplane was reported missing during a domestic flight from Metropolitano International Airport (SVMP) to Carora (SVCO).
Sources:
» Un muerto al caer avioneta con drogas en Honduras (LaPrensa.hn, 10-5-2009)
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
