ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266296
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Date: | Monday 2 August 2021 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (Colemill Panth |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | C6-ASC |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Barranquitas, Rosario de Perijá, Zulia -
Venezuela
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Piper PA-31-350 with the tail number C6-ASC was found crashed by Venezuelan law enforcement officers in Barranquitas, Rosario de Perijá, Zulia. They also found a passport of Bahamian pilot Oran Theron Munroe. This aircraft was last seen at Sandy Point Airport in Abaco, Bahamas around 23 July 2021 and Munroe, a pilot was last seen on 24 July 2021. A few days later, both Monroe and his Colombian co-pilot, Nicolás Mayorga Cabrales were arrested for drug trafficking in relation to this aircraft after missionaries, who treated them after the crash, turned them over to authorities. The pilots told authorities they are part of El Cartel de las Bahamas ('The Bahamas Cartel') and was to land on clandestine runways in Machiques, Venezuela to traffic narcotics to the Bahamas.
Sources:
https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/general/localizan-avioneta-semidestruida/ https://versionfinal.com.ve/sucesos/se-estrellan-en-una-narcoavioneta-y-los-captura-el-cicpc-en-perija/ https://ewnews.com/missing-bahamian-pilot-oran-theron-munroe-passport-reportedly-found-in-downed-aircraft-in-venezuela https://bahamaspress.com/former-skybahamas-pilot-and-a-colombian-crashed-randy-butlers-aircraft-and-told-authorities-they-work-for-the-bahamas-cartel/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Aug-2021 10:50 |
gerard57 |
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03-Aug-2021 10:54 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Location, Source] |
03-Aug-2021 11:35 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
06-Aug-2021 09:08 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |
07-Aug-2021 07:08 |
Notarhelicopters |
Updated [[Source]] |
07-Aug-2021 07:08 |
harro |
Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
23-Nov-2021 07:05 |
bobsuruncle |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
23-Nov-2021 07:07 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
23-Nov-2021 07:07 |
harro |
Updated [Operator] |
23-Nov-2021 07:09 |
harro |
Updated [Narrative] |
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