Date: | Friday 5 November 2021 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N42FL |
MSN: | 416 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Victoria 3, Retalhuleu -
Guatemala
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:In the evening of 4 November 2021 a Gulfstream III, registration N42FL, illegally entered Guatemalan airspace and landed on an illegal landing strip near Victoria 3, Retalhuleu.
The plane was secured by Guatemalan law enforcement officers but no drugs were found. On 5 November 2021 the airplane was set on fire and destroyed by Guatemalan law enforcement officers to make it unfit for further use.
The aircraft was tracked by Flightradar24 departing Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA) on November 4, about 20:30 UTC, with Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands as planned destination.
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