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Brazilian Air Force intercepts plane from Bolivia near Juara
Brazilian Air Force aircraft intercepted a Cessna from Bolivia on October 23 after it entered Brazilian airspace irregularly over Mato Grosso.
The white plane had no filed flight plan and an unidentified registration, prompting the interception.
An A-29 Super Tucano fighter carried out the operation with support from an E-99 surveillance aircraft, which monitors air traffic.
The pilot made a forced landing near Juara, in northern Mato Grosso, as the Brazilian aircraft approached.
The pilot then set the plane on fire and fled the scene.
The operation was coordinated by Brazil’s Aerospace Operations Command and involved the Federal Police.
The pilot’s identity and the flight’s purpose have not been disclosed.
Brazil’s Air Force intercepted a suspected aircraft from Bolivia that was flying irregularly over Mato Grosso.
The operation took place on Friday (23) near Juara, in northern Mato Grosso.
The aircraft was a white Cessna with no flight plan and an unidentified registration.
The pilot made a forced landing, set the plane on fire and fled.
The Air Force operation used an A-29 Super Tucano and an E-99 aircraft, with the Federal Police involved.
- Who
- Brazil’s Air Force intercepted the aircraft. The pilot’s identity was not disclosed.
- What
- A suspected aircraft from Bolivia was intercepted after flying irregularly over Mato Grosso. Its pilot made a forced landing, set it on fire and fled.
- When
- Friday (23).
- Where
- Near Juara, in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Why
- The aircraft had no flight plan and an unidentified registration, prompting airspace policing measures.
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Brazil’s Air Force intercepted the aircraft near Juara.
The pilot made a forced landing, set the aircraft on fire and fled.
- Aircraft
- White Cessna
- Intercepting aircraft
- A-29 Super Tucano and E-99
- Location
- Near Juara, Mato Grosso
- Flight plan
- None registered
- Registration
- Unidentified