ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122114
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| Date: | Thursday 5 May 2011 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Cessna TU210L Turbo Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Boliviana |
| Registration: | 341 |
| MSN: | 21060339 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Iquisiva province -
 Bolivia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | La Paz/El Alto (SLLP) |
| La Paz/El Alto (SLLP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An emergency alert has been issued for a Bolivian Air Force plane carrying four United Nations workers that has been missing since Thursday, the state-run ABI news agency reported Friday, citing the Air Force. The Cessna was piloted by two Air Force crewmen and was carrying out an overflight of coca-producing areas in the Los Yungas region of the country, north of the capital, La Paz. The Air Force intensified its search Friday by land and air, Air Force Gen. Tito Gandarillas said, according to ABI. Four workers of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime were aboard the plane, a spokesman at the agency's Bolivian field office told CNN. They were carrying out their regular duties, observing coca-growing areas, he said. The plane had left El Alto International Airport in La Paz at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, and was expected back at 2:30 p.m. The passengers were identified as Ivan Alfaro Santiago, Estephan Campos Ruiz, Mariela Romero Torreblanco and Patricia Delgado Rua.
The aircraft found crashed and all occupants killed 7.5.2011 near Santa Elena River, Iquisiva Province; hit a tree top attempting emergency landing.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140719021057/http://www.fmbolivia.com.bo/noticia52462-fuerza-aerea-declara-en-emergencia-avioneta-con-dos-tripulantes-y-cuatro-pasajeros.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20110506/comandante-de-la-fab-confirma-que-la-avioneta-con-6-personas-a-bordo_124573_250141.html]
http://web.archive.org/web/20151226042837/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20110507/encuentran-avioneta-de-la-fab-con-todos-los-ocupantes_124714_250477.html
Images:
CESSNA MOD. T210 FAB REG. FAB-341
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2011 09:55 | TB | Added |
| 06-May-2011 09:58 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 06-May-2011 13:38 | LAURENCE | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2011 16:55 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 05:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 05:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 05:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 07:32 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 07:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2011 17:39 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2011 03:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 18:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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