ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320425
| Date: | Sunday 19 October 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | XB-NKS |
| MSN: | 114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Calabozo -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Gulfstream jet that violated Venezuelan airspace was destroyed by military forces, according to a statement by the Defense Minister of Venezuela, Vladimir López Padrino.
The statement did not reveal if the airplane was shot down or if it was destroyed on the ground. However, the photo of the burned out wreck suggests it was destroyed on the ground.
Sources:
Noticaribe, 30-10-2014
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