Date: | Sunday 10 May 2009 |
Time: | 01:30 |
Type: | British Aerospace 3212 Jetstream 32 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | YV1467 |
MSN: | 927 |
Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | W of Utila Airport (UII) -
Honduras
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Utila Airport (UII/MHUT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A British Aerospace Jetstream 32 plane was destroyed during an accident near Utila Airport (UII), part of the archipelago of Islas de la Bahia. One of the Colombian crew members was killed, two others sustained minor injuries.
Authorities found and confiscated 1500 kg of cocaine on board the airplane. Reportedly the aircraft ran out of fuel in rainy weather and attempted a forced landing just short of the runway.
Honduran officials reported that the airplane carried the Venzuelan registration YV1467. This airplane was reported missing during a domestic flight from Metropolitano International Airport (SVMP) to Carora (SVCO) on March 31, 2009.
Sources:
Un muerto al caer avioneta con drogas en Honduras (LaPrensa.hn, 10-5-2009)
Dirección de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico, document CO-DLCN-005-2009
Location
Images:
photo (c) Nick Dungeness; near Utila; 28 May 2009; (CC:by-nc-sa)
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