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Date: | Saturday 13 November 2010 |
Time: | 02:30 |
Type: | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N786B |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Southern Belize -
Belize
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Upon landing the plane struck a tree and was not able the takeoff again.
In the vicinity of the aircraft bales of cocaine weighing 2.6 tons were located by US.-funded special assignment police unit.
The plane and the landing site were abandoned. Later on the Independence Police (ISF) with the assistance of Belize Special Assignment Group (B-SAG), arrested 6 persons in a van loaded with drugs.
Sources:
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/mexico/2010/11/landing-in-belize-with-cocaine/ http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/42838
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.police.gov.bz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=957:news-15-11-10&catid=35:crime-news]
http://amandala.com.bz/news/southern-highway-drug-plane-presents-more-mysteries/?upm_export=pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Oct-2019 14:59 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
24-Jun-2021 19:41 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |