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Date: 21-SEP-2022
Time:
Type: Rockwell NA-265 Sabreliner 65
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: XB-RXG
MSN: 465-37
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Zulia - Venezuela
Phase: En route
Nature: Illegal Flight
Departure airport: Mexico
Destination airport: Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA/TNCA)
Narrative:
A Rockwell NA-265 Sabreliner 65 was destroyed by Venezuelan law enforcement officers at an illegal airstrip near Zulia after changinging its original destination Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA/TNCA) and it illegally entered Venezuelan airspace.
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after its conversion to a business liner, which took almost exactly a year.
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from the manufacturer in Montreal
and transferred it to Indianapolis,
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