Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Date: | Thursday 5 November 2009 |
Type: | Boeing 727-230F |
Operator: | Africa Air Assistance |
Registration: | J5-GCU |
MSN: | 21619/1407 |
First flight: | 1978-03-03 (31 years 9 months) |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Sinkrebaka ( Mali)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that the wreckage of a burnt out Boeing 727 airplane was found on an illegal desert airstrip 200 km North of Gao, Mali. The airplane had arrived from Venezuela carrying a cargo of drugs. The airplane was set afire and burned out.
Sources:
» Maliweb.net
» RFI
» Three arrested over suspected Mali drugs plane (AFP, 23-11-2009)
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The Guardian: US embassy cables: Three-week delay for Mali 'drug plane' crash investigation
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.