Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, May 24, 2015 (2 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on May 24, 2015 near Ricaurte, Cojedes, Venezuela with 2 fatalities. Cause: BAAA: shot down by a Venezuelan Air...
- Date: May 24, 2015
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Ricaurte, Cojedes, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BAAA: shot down by a Venezuelan Air Force fighter; no official investigation finding was found in the sources reviewed.
On 24 May 2015 a twin engine Embraer EMB 820C Navajo from Brazil, carrying cocaine, entered Venezuelan airspace without clearance and failed to answer air traffic control. Venezuelan fighters could not establish contact in night and poor weather conditions, but about three hours later the aircraft was located over Cojedes and shot down. It crashed out of control into a pasture near Ricaurte, killing both pilots.