ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318956
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| Date: | Monday 9 August 2021 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American G-1159A Gulfstream III |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | XB-OZA |
| MSN: | 319 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 511-8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | within Jesús María Semprún -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Gulfstream III was destroyed after having been set on fire on an illegal airstrip within the Jesús María Semprún municipality in western Venezuela, close to the Colombian border.
The aircraft had likely been used to transport narcotics.
It is unclear if the aircraft was set on fire by criminals or by the Venezuelan forces.
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