ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319308
| Date: | Sunday 27 October 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American G-1159 Gulfstream II SP |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | (N530GA) |
| MSN: | 247 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 511 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Vista Hermosa, Ixcán -
 Guatemala
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Gulfstream II jet was observed illegally entering Guatemalan airspace. The aircraft landed on a strip close to the Mexican border. Cargo was offloaded and armed men set the aircraft on fire before the Guatemalan Army arrived.
The aircraft was presumed to have been carrying narcotics.
Sources:
prensalibre.com
soy502.com
Location
Images:
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photo (c) Ministerio Público Guatemala; Vista Hermosa, Ixcán; 27 October 2019
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