ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320363
| Date: | Thursday 29 January 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-600-2A12 Challenger 601 |
| Owner/operator: | Dinama Aircorp |
| Registration: | N214FW |
| MSN: | 3008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | off Boca Druif -
 Aruba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |
An aircraft, reported by Venezuelan media to be a Challenger 601 jet registered N214FW, crashed off the coast of Aruba, killing all aboard.
The aircraft had taken off from a runway or airstrip in Apure State, Venezuela and was being chased by Venezuelan Air Force fighter aircraft after failing to respond. It was shot and descended until impacting the water. Three bodies and 400 packets of drugs, mainly cocaine, were been found.
Sources:
La mañana 30-1-2015
Amigoe, 31-1-2015
Reuters 30-1-2015
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