Narrative:
A BAe-125-800A corporate jet crashed while apparently attempting to land at a clandestine airstrip near Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. Both pilots were killed. Weapons and drug packages were located at the accident site.
The aircraft had landed at Cuernavaca Airport (CVJ), Mexico, on September 22, reportedly after a flight from Colombia. It refueled and subsequently departed without submitting flight plan and without clearance from ATC. It was later reportedly seen at Maracaibo-La Chinita International Airport in Venezuela. Finally, on September 23 it crashed in Guatemala.
» vuela.com.mx
» prensalibre.com
| Status: | Little or no information is available |
| Date: | Wednesday 23 September 2020 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-125-800A |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | XB-PYZ |
| MSN: | 258018 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-5R-1H |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Alta Verapaz, Santa Marta Salina ( Guatemala)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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A BAe-125-800A corporate jet crashed while apparently attempting to land at a clandestine airstrip near Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. Both pilots were killed. Weapons and drug packages were located at the accident site.
The aircraft had landed at Cuernavaca Airport (CVJ), Mexico, on September 22, reportedly after a flight from Colombia. It refueled and subsequently departed without submitting flight plan and without clearance from ATC. It was later reportedly seen at Maracaibo-La Chinita International Airport in Venezuela. Finally, on September 23 it crashed in Guatemala.
Sources:
» posta.com.mx» vuela.com.mx
» prensalibre.com
Photos
Video, social media
#Guatemala @MPguatemala informa que procesa escena donde cayó narcojet que, según autoridades mexicanos fue robado en un aeropuerto de Morelos, y luego viajó a Venezuela. A su regreso se accidentó en pista clandestina que está en límites de Chisec, Alta Verapaz e Ixcán, Quiché pic.twitter.com/daGxL32xUB
— RBCNoticiasGT???? (@RBCNoticiasGT) September 23, 2020
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