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Date: | Saturday 13 March 1982 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6 ? |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | near Texas border -
Mexico
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | Medellin |
Destination airport: | Miami, FL |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed just south of Texas border with 7,15 tonnes (8 tonnes) high-grade Colombian mariuana due to fuel exhaustion. Two US citizen and a panamese arrested. Aircraft type reported as a "DC-6".
Sources:
The Straits Times 17 March 1982, p4
O Estado de S.Paulo 17 March 1982, p17
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Mar-2019 20:23 |
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15-Apr-2019 13:17 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
29-Oct-2021 19:41 |
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Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |