Narrative:
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air was burned down by Venezuelan National Armed Forces after it was found at an illegal airstrip within Venezuela.
The aircraft had been used in drug trafficking. Local media assume the aircraft was found in the Región Costa Montaña.
| Status: | Little or no information is available |
| Date: | Saturday 30 May 2020 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Región Costa Montaña ? ( Venezuela)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air was burned down by Venezuelan National Armed Forces after it was found at an illegal airstrip within Venezuela.
The aircraft had been used in drug trafficking. Local media assume the aircraft was found in the Región Costa Montaña.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» vtv.gob.vePhotos
Video, social media
??#Atención|| Durante la operación #EscudoBolivarianoTiburón2020, esta semana, el #CEOFANB a través del @CODAI_FANB, neutralizó 2 Narcoaeronaves que pretendían usar nuestro cielo como puente del Narcotráfico Colombiano ¡La #FANB se mantiene #ALERTA para garantizar la Paz! #30May pic.twitter.com/OGXiMYsvsk
— @ceofanb (@Libertad020) May 30, 2020
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