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| On January 29, 2015, a ] aircraft was shootdown in the sky over ]. It crashed on the southeastern coast of Aruba, killing all 3 people on board.<ref name=": |
On January 29, 2015, a ] aircraft was shootdown in the sky over ].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Venezuela confirms shooting down small plane near Aruba |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/venezuela-confirms-shooting-down-small-plane-near-aruba-idUSKBN0L32CM/ |website=]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2015-01-31 |title=Venezuela: Military Says It Downed Plane Near Aruba (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/world/americas/venezuela-military-says-it-downed-plane-near-aruba.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241226145918/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/world/americas/venezuela-military-says-it-downed-plane-near-aruba.html |archive-date=2024-12-26 |access-date=2024-12-29 |language=en}}</ref> It crashed on the southeastern coast of Aruba, killing all 3 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Canadair CL-601 Challenger off Aruba: 3 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-canadair-cl-601-challenger-aruba-3-killed |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Unlawful Interference Canadair CL-600-2A12 Challenger 601 N214FW, Thursday 29 January 2015 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/320363 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> The ] claimed responsibility for the crash.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-31 |title=Venezuela confirms shooting down plane near Aruba |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/venezuela-confirms-shooting-down-plane-near-aruba/article6841891.ece |access-date=2024-12-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=|date=2015-01-30 |title=Venezuela Confirms Shooting Down Small Civilian Plane Near Aruba |url=https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-confirms-shooting-down-small-civilian-plane-near-aruba-303473 |access-date=2024-12-29 |work=] |language=en}}</ref> It was reported that the plane was transporting ] from ].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Clarence |date=2020-09-10 |title=Secret Drug Operations: Millions Paid to Exploit Aviation Rules - Cartels (Use) U.S. Airplanes to Transport Narcotics Into America - NewsBlaze News |url=https://newsblaze.com/usnews/crime/secret-drug-operations-millions-paid-to-exploit-aviation-rules-cartels-use-u-s-airplanes-to-transport-narcotics-into-america_167688/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> The plane crash was the largest in the history of Aruba. | ||
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== Aircraft == | ||
| The downed aircraft was a ] (registration number N214FW, serial number 3008).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Aircraft Inquiry |url=https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=214FW |website=registry.faa.gov}}</ref> It was manufactured in 1983.<ref name=":8" /> In July 2013,<ref name=":8" /> less than two weeks after the founding of Dinama Aircorp Inc., it was purchased by it and registered at an address in ] (]), where more than 200 more aircraft were registered.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Part 1 of 2: Secrets in the sky |url=http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/09/part-1-of-2-secrets-in-sky.html?m=1 |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en}}</ref> Challenger flew for two Colombian drug kingpins, Dicson Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra, who joined forces to supply ] to some cartels in the United States.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Globe |first=The Boston |last2=Dowdell |first2=Kelly Carr and Jaimi |title=A Boston Globe Spotlight report: Secrets in the sky - Part One |url=https://apps.bostonglobe.com/spotlight/secrets-in-the-sky/series/part-one/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en}}</ref> According to the ] service ], the plane was flying from ] to ]. Almost 3 years after the disaster, the plane was deregistered<ref name=":8" /> and written down. | |||
| Colombian drug kingpins, Dicson Penagos-Casanova, and Juan Gabriel Rios-Sierra joined forces to supply multiple cartels by transporting ] into the ].<ref name=":1" /> In 2013, the airline Dinama Aircorp Inc. was founded and in July of the same year it was issued a certificate for the operation of the Canadair CL-601 Challenger aircraft,<ref>{{Cite web |title=faa registry - Aircraft Inquiry - Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=214FW |website=registry.faa.gov}}</ref> registration number N214FW. According to ], on November 20, 2013, the plane was flying from ] to ], but it did not reach its destination, and the circumstances of the flight are unknown. | |||
| == Accident == | == Accident == | ||
| On January 29, 2015, the plane takeoff from the runway in the state of ], ].<ref name=": |
On January 29, 2015, the plane takeoff from the runway in the state of ], ].<ref name=":1" /> Information about where the plane was going remained unknown. Venezuelan Defense Minister ] said the plane ignored the signals during takeoff.<ref name=":6" /> The plane was escorted by military jets of the ].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2015-01-30 |title=Plane Crashes Near Aruba After Pursuit by Military Jets (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/world/americas/plane-crashes-near-aruba-after-pursuit-by-military-jets.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230129070432/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/world/americas/plane-crashes-near-aruba-after-pursuit-by-military-jets.html |archive-date=2023-01-29 |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en}}</ref> According to Vladimir Padrino, the plane disobeyed orders and was "annulled" 25 miles northeast of the Josefa Camejo military base.<ref name=":6" /> Eyewitnesses recorded a video of the plane crash: suddenly the plane burst into flames and flew upward for a while<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGs_2h4hLWc |title=Plane crash in Aruba. |date=2015-01-29 |last=cedric wever |access-date=2024-12-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> until it crashed off the coast of Aruba. All 3 people on board were killed. At 6:45 a.m., ] received a call about a plane crash on the southeastern coast of Aruba, a popular tourist destination.<ref name=":3" /> | ||
| == Investigation == | == Investigation == | ||
| Aruban officials have begun investigating the crash. Aruban Justice Minister Arthur Dowers demanded that Venezuela confirm whether military jets fired at the plane before it crashed.<ref name=":3" /> Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino confirmed this information.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
| At the crash site, investigators found 400 packages of drugs, mostly cocaine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> Also, the remains of three people were found among the tons of drugs.<ref name=":6" /> | |||
| It turned out that the owner and only official of the airline Dinama Aircorp, which in turn owned the downed aircraft, was Conrad Kulatz, a lawyer from ], who in July 2013 (shortly before the founding of Dinama Aircorp), the ] listed as ineligible to practice law because he did not meet the continuing legal education requirement.<ref name=":5" /> At the same time, the airline Dinama Aircorp was founded. There were more than 200 aircraft registered at the address where she was registered, including the plane seized by the ]. It was Kulatz and another lawyer who registered him with the ] (FAA). Kulatz also registered airplanes in the United States, on which traces of drug smuggling were found in 2013.<ref name=":5" /> It was discovered that three of them were illegally registered in the United States in the name of a Mexican citizen. Thus, Kulatz deceived the FAA by simply specifying a shopping mall in Texas near the Mexican border as his address and claiming to be a US citizen.<ref name=":5" /> | |||
| At that time, two Colombian drug kingpins, Dicson Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra, were looking for American planes to supply drugs, as they believed it would be easier for them to "fly under the radar".<ref name=":5" /> They rented flight N214FW, which belonged to Dinama Aircorp. To ensure success, they paid the owner of the plane a commission of about 30-35 percent of the cocaine shipment and bribed Venezuelan military and government officials, according to federal court records.<ref name=":5" /> | |||
| In the case of drug smuggling by air, Dixon Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra were arrested in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |title=Central District of California {{!}} Two Colombian Nationals Extradited to Los Angeles on Charges of Leading Multi-Ton Cocaine Conspiracy via Clandestine Air Shipments {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-colombian-nationals-extradited-los-angeles-charges-leading-multi-ton-cocaine |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> On June 29, 2020, the District Court of the Central District of California, Penagos-Kasanova was sentenced.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States v. Penagos-Casanova, 2:15-cr-00423 - CourtListener.com |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5932669/united-states-v-penagos-casanova/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=CourtListener |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JUDGMENT AND PROBATION/COMMITMENT ORDER - HELD VIA VTC by Judge Dale S. Fischer as to Defendant Dicson Penagos-Casanova. |url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.624584/gov.uscourts.cacd.624584.181.0.pdf}}</ref> The founder of Dinama Aircorp, Conrad Kulatz, whose plane was involved in transporting cocaine to the United States and Venezuela, was not convicted of offenses in connection with this case,<ref name=":5" /> and died in 2021 at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary for Conrad Stanley Kulatz at Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home - Sebring |url=https://www.stephensonnelsonfh.com/obituary/conrad-kulatz |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.stephensonnelsonfh.com |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 29 December 2024
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 29, 2015 |
| Summary | shootdown |
| Site | southeastern coast of Aruba |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Canadair CL-601 Challenger |
| Operator | Dinama Aircorp Inc. |
| Registration | N214FW |
| Flight origin | Apure, Venezuela |
| Destination | unknown |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
On January 29, 2015, a Canadair CL-601 Challenger aircraft was shootdown in the sky over Aruba. It crashed on the southeastern coast of Aruba, killing all 3 people on board. The Venezuelan Air Force claimed responsibility for the crash. It was reported that the plane was transporting drugs from Colombia. The plane crash was the largest in the history of Aruba.
Aircraft
The downed aircraft was a Canadair CL-601 Challenger (registration number N214FW, serial number 3008). It was manufactured in 1983. In July 2013, less than two weeks after the founding of Dinama Aircorp Inc., it was purchased by it and registered at an address in Delaware (USA), where more than 200 more aircraft were registered. Challenger flew for two Colombian drug kingpins, Dicson Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra, who joined forces to supply cocaine to some cartels in the United States. According to the flight tracking service FlightAware, the plane was flying from Florida to Mexico. Almost 3 years after the disaster, the plane was deregistered and written down.
Accident
On January 29, 2015, the plane takeoff from the runway in the state of Apure, Venezuela. Information about where the plane was going remained unknown. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said the plane ignored the signals during takeoff. The plane was escorted by military jets of the Venezuelan Air Force. According to Vladimir Padrino, the plane disobeyed orders and was "annulled" 25 miles northeast of the Josefa Camejo military base. Eyewitnesses recorded a video of the plane crash: suddenly the plane burst into flames and flew upward for a while until it crashed off the coast of Aruba. All 3 people on board were killed. At 6:45 a.m., Aruba police received a call about a plane crash on the southeastern coast of Aruba, a popular tourist destination.
Investigation
Aruban officials have begun investigating the crash. Aruban Justice Minister Arthur Dowers demanded that Venezuela confirm whether military jets fired at the plane before it crashed. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino confirmed this information.
At the crash site, investigators found 400 packages of drugs, mostly cocaine. Also, the remains of three people were found among the tons of drugs.
It turned out that the owner and only official of the airline Dinama Aircorp, which in turn owned the downed aircraft, was Conrad Kulatz, a lawyer from Fort Lauderdale, who in July 2013 (shortly before the founding of Dinama Aircorp), the Florida Bar Association listed as ineligible to practice law because he did not meet the continuing legal education requirement. At the same time, the airline Dinama Aircorp was founded. There were more than 200 aircraft registered at the address where she was registered, including the plane seized by the Dominican Republic. It was Kulatz and another lawyer who registered him with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Kulatz also registered airplanes in the United States, on which traces of drug smuggling were found in 2013. It was discovered that three of them were illegally registered in the United States in the name of a Mexican citizen. Thus, Kulatz deceived the FAA by simply specifying a shopping mall in Texas near the Mexican border as his address and claiming to be a US citizen.
At that time, two Colombian drug kingpins, Dicson Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra, were looking for American planes to supply drugs, as they believed it would be easier for them to "fly under the radar". They rented flight N214FW, which belonged to Dinama Aircorp. To ensure success, they paid the owner of the plane a commission of about 30-35 percent of the cocaine shipment and bribed Venezuelan military and government officials, according to federal court records.
In the case of drug smuggling by air, Dixon Penagos-Casanova and Juan Gabriel Rios Sierra were arrested in 2016. On June 29, 2020, the District Court of the Central District of California, Penagos-Kasanova was sentenced. The founder of Dinama Aircorp, Conrad Kulatz, whose plane was involved in transporting cocaine to the United States and Venezuela, was not convicted of offenses in connection with this case, and died in 2021 at the age of 81.
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- "Crash of a Canadair CL-601 Challenger off Aruba: 3 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Unlawful Interference Canadair CL-600-2A12 Challenger 601 N214FW, Thursday 29 January 2015". Aviation Safety Network.
- "Venezuela confirms shooting down plane near Aruba". The Hindu. 2015-01-31. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ {{Cite news |last=|date=2015-01-30 |title=Venezuela Confirms Shooting Down Small Civilian Plane Near Aruba |url=https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-confirms-shooting-down-small-civilian-plane-near-aruba-303473 |access-date=2024-12-29 |work=[[Reuters|via=Newsweek |language=en}}
- ^ Walker, Clarence (2020-09-10). "Secret Drug Operations: Millions Paid to Exploit Aviation Rules - Cartels (Use) U.S. Airplanes to Transport Narcotics Into America - NewsBlaze News". Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ "Aircraft Inquiry". registry.faa.gov.
- ^ "Part 1 of 2: Secrets in the sky". Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- Globe, The Boston; Dowdell, Kelly Carr and Jaimi. "A Boston Globe Spotlight report: Secrets in the sky - Part One". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
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- "Central District of California | Two Colombian Nationals Extradited to Los Angeles on Charges of Leading Multi-Ton Cocaine Conspiracy via Clandestine Air Shipments | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- "United States v. Penagos-Casanova, 2:15-cr-00423 - CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
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- "Obituary for Conrad Stanley Kulatz at Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home - Sebring". www.stephensonnelsonfh.com. Retrieved 2024-12-29.