Narrative:
A BAe-125-700A corporate jet crashed into trees and burst into flames near Nueva Cajolá in Guatemala.
It is presumed that the aircraft was operating on a drug trafficking flight from Venezuela.
| Status: | Little or no information is available |
| Date: | Monday 2 September 2019 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-125-700A |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | XB-PTW |
| MSN: | 257083 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Nueva Cajolá ( Guatemala)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A BAe-125-700A corporate jet crashed into trees and burst into flames near Nueva Cajolá in Guatemala.
It is presumed that the aircraft was operating on a drug trafficking flight from Venezuela.
Sources:
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Video, social media
#Actualización IDENTIFICACIÓN AL PILOTO FALLECIDO. Documento sobre plan de vuelo identifica al Mexicano Víctor Castañeda como piloto del #NarcoJet que se accidentó en #Champerico #Retalhuleu. Se presume transportaba cargamento de cocaína procedente de #Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/6HMgtbM1TC
JuanVictorC. @sonora969 (@juanVictorCas1) September 2, 2019
#Actualización
CRNNoticias (@CRN_Noticias) September 2, 2019
Se informó por el @Ejercito_GT que con el apoyo de helicópteros de la FAG localizacon una aeronave tipo Jet accidentada en la comunidad Victoria 3 del municipio de Champerico.https://t.co/6t7VdDgUYu
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