| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-125-700A |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | (N917TF) |
| MSN: | 257138 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | off Puerto Colombia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |
A BAe-125-700 jet crashed into the waters off Puerto Colombia, Colombia after being intercepted by a Colombian Air Force plane after illegally flying into Colombian airspace.
The aircraft had departed from Venezuela and was bound for Central America. Video footage released by the Colombian Air Force show the jet's no. 2 engine on fire as it descended over sea. The aircraft impacted the water and broke up.
Four bodies were recovered along with 1.3 tons of drugs.
The aircraft was identified as N917TF which departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Floria for Toluca, Mexico on May 1, 2015.
It was formally cancelled from the U.S. register on June 2, 2015 as exported to Mexico.
Sources:
Colombian Air Force
El Heraldo, 24-5-2015
Aviation Letter 588
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