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| Date: | Sunday 22 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | airplane |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Katherine, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed and caught fire on landing on secret airstrip, about 350 km from Darwin. Both occupants fled the scene. Drugs in an amound of three million dollars found in wreckage. Reported wearing an (may be false) US registration.
Sources:
Aragon expres 23 January 1978, p13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2024 08:38 | TB | Added |
| 09-Jul-2024 18:45 | TB | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
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