Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 10 December 2020
Aircraft Type: Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: (N370JL)
Location: southern Belize –
ÿ Belize
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: Gulfstream jetGulfstream jet
Category: Unlawful Interference
On December 10, 2020, law enforcement discovered a burnt Gulfstream jet on a clandestine airstrip in southern Belize. The aircraft was used for transporting drugs, and it was detected alongside four drugs planes at the Guatemalan border. The aircraft was painted identically to N370JL (msn 401), a plane that had been auctioned in December 2019. This aircraft’s presence raises concerns about potential drug trafficking operations.On December 10, 2020, law enforcement discovered a burnt Gulfstream jet on a clandestine airstrip in southern Belize. The aircraft was used for transporting drugs, and it was detected alongside four drugs planes at the Guatemalan border. The aircraft was painted identically to N370JL (msn 401), a plane that had been auctioned in December 2019. This aircraft’s presence raises concerns about potential drug trafficking operations.
Description
A burnt Gulfstream jet was found by law enforcement officers on a clandestine airstrip in southern Belize. It had been used for transporting drugs. In the night of 10 December 2020 all together four drugs planes were detected. Another crash landed on the Guatemalan side of the border. The aircraft carried the exact same colour scheme of N370JL (msn 401). This aircraft was auctioned at an execution sale in December 2019.
Source of Information
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