ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122932
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| Date: | 30-JUN-2009 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | unknown airplane, small |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown (illegal flight) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | in sea off the Dominican's southern coast -
 Dominican Republic
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A small plane carrying 265 pounds of cocaine plunged into the ocean and killed one person, Dominican authorities said Wednesday.
Police are looking for others who might have survived Tuesday's crash off the country's southern coast, said Maj. Gilberto Delgado Valdez with the National Drug Control agency.
He said authorities on land and at sea were tracking the plane, whose pilot was expected to air drop the drugs but likely decided to set down on the water, possibly because the plane ran out of fuel.
Sources:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/world/main5127964.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_5127964
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2011 14:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jun-2011 14:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 29-Oct-2019 15:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 17:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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