Date: | Monday 24 September 2007 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II |
Owner/operator: | Donna Blue Aircraft Inc. |
Registration: | N987SA |
MSN: | 172 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 511 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 2 km from Tixkokob -
Mexico
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Gulfstream bizjet was circling the Mexican town of Tixkokob. When being chased by Mexican military helicopters, the crew carried out a crash-landing. No bodies were found in the wreckage, but soldiers found 132 bags containing about 3.6 tons (3.3 metric tons) of cocaine.
Sources:
Cocaine-laden plane crashes in Mexico jungle (Reuters 24-9-2007)
Scramble 343
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2007/20070924_GLF2_N987SA_18195.jpg)
photo (c) Drewski2112; Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI); 29 August 2007; (CC:by-nd)
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