ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175474
Last updated: 18 October 2020
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| Date: | 15-APR-2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 206 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | CP-2914 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Río Tambo, Satipo -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane was shot down by a helicopter of the Peruvian Army on suspicion of drug trafficking when flying over the airspace of that country. The two occupants were injured.
Sources:
https://www.pri.org/article/6518815/2015/04/16/two-survivors-small-plane-crash-rescued-peru
http://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2015/05/houve-um-grande-engano-diz-mae-de-piloto-brasileiro-preso-no-peru.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20160306111704/http://web.archive.org/web/20160306111704/http://www.aviacionboliviana.net/civil/accidentes/index.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2015 07:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Apr-2015 07:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 31-May-2015 19:09 | junior sjc | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2015 19:38 | junior sjc | Updated [Time] |
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