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| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 2023 |
| Time: | c. 07:20 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-720C Minuano |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PT-EYL |
| MSN: | 720100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Caporanga, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, SP -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of an Embraer EMB-720C Minuano was intercepted by Embraer EMB-314 (A-29) Super Tucano's of the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) and landed in a rural area of Caporanga, municipality of Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo. When the police arrived at the scene, the two occupants had fled and are being sought.
Inside the Aircraft, more than 500 kilos of cocaine base paste was found.
Sources:
https://g1.globo.com/sp/bauru-marilia/noticia/2023/01/18/aviao-que-fez-pouso-forcado-em-area-rural-do-interior-de-sp-levava-cocaina-e-foi-perseguido-pela-fab-tripulacao-fugiu.ghtml
https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/policia-sp/aviao-com-cocaina-perseguido-por-caca-da-fab-faz-pouso-forcado-em-sp
https://oantagonista.uol.com.br/brasil/aviao-perseguido-pela-fab-faz-pouso-forcado-em-sp/
https://sistemas.anac.gov.br/aeronaves/cons_rab_resposta.asp?textMarca=PTEYL
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1980 | PT-EYL | Campos Novos, SC | |
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