BAe 125 crash, May 20, 2015 (4 killed), Puerto Colombia
BAe 125 accident on May 20, 2015 near Puerto Colombia, Atlántico, Colombia with 4 fatalities. Cause: BAAA: shot down by a Colombian Air Force fighter,...
- Date: May 20, 2015
- Aircraft: BAe 125
- Location: Puerto Colombia, Atlántico, Colombia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BAAA: shot down by a Colombian Air Force fighter, although its narrative is hedged with a question mark; no official investigation finding was found in the sources reviewed.
On 20 May 2015 a 1981 BAe 125 700A registered N917TF, carrying two pilots, two passengers and about 1.3 tons of cocaine, was intercepted by a Colombian Air Force fighter over the Caribbean off the Colombian coast. Its right engine caught fire as the jet descended in a nose down attitude, and it hit the sea and disintegrated, killing all four occupants. Bodies and debris were recovered from the sea and a nearby beach in the following days.