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Date: | Sunday 17 November 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | XB-JED |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Caribbean Sea -
Mexico
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | Merida (08:10) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ditched in the Yucatan Channel along-side the fishing vessel Yo-Yo due to fuel exhaustion while reported attempting to fly to Cuba. Pilot (19) was fatally injured and the US passenger rescued badly injured.
Sources:
El Informador 18 November 1968/19 November 1968, p12A
St. Petersburg Times 19 November 1968, p11B
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Apr-2018 18:21 |
TB |
Added |
25-Apr-2018 18:23 |
TB |
Updated [Nature, Source] |
25-Jun-2022 06:05 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |