Last updated: 23 June 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 29 August 2020 |
| Time: | ca 21:00 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 200 |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | XB-OAP |
| MSN: | 504 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Palenque Airport (PQM) ( Mexico)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Palenque Airport (PQM/MMPQ), Mexico |
A Dassault Falcon 200 jet made a gear-up forced landing within the perimeter of Palenque Airport, Mexico. The pilot(s) fled the scene. Law enforcement officials found 3 tons of packages of pure cocaine.
Preliminary information suggests that the aircraft was stolen from Palenque Airport. In the evening it was reportedly detected by military radar when it was flying near Tenosique, close to the border with Guatemala.
It continued at low altitude until it landed at Palenque Airport.
Sources:
» estamosaqui.mx» www.radarsonora.com
Photos
Video, social media
#Palenque #Chiapas
— Ámbar Noticias (@AmbarNoticias) August 30, 2020
??Cae Jet con una tonelada de cocaína ??
Cae aeronave en instalaciones del aeropuerto Internacional de Palenque la noche del sábado, incautan más de una tonelada de cocaína. pic.twitter.com/t56VUO39NE
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
