ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321410
Date: | Thursday 5 November 2009 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 727-230F |
Owner/operator: | Africa Air Assistance |
Registration: | J5-GCU |
MSN: | 21619/1407 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Sinkrebaka -
Mali
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that the wreckage of a burnt out Boeing 727 airplane was found on an illegal desert airstrip 200 km North of Gao, Mali. The airplane had arrived from Venezuela carrying a cargo of drugs. The airplane was set afire and burned out.
Sources:
Maliweb.net
RFI
Three arrested over suspected Mali drugs plane (AFP, 23-11-2009)
The Guardian: US embassy cables: Three-week delay for Mali 'drug plane' crash investigation Location
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