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Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79053923 United States 08/01/2020 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate (CNN)A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia. The Cessna aircraft, which was stuffed with more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cocaine, went down while attempting to leave a remote airstrip in Papua New Guinea on July 26. Australian Federal Police said in a statement that "greed played a significant part in the syndicate's activities" and added they "cannot rule out that the weight of the cocaine had an impact on the planes (sic) ability to take off." Five suspects were arrested in Queensland and Victoria in recent days, and have been charged with conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine and a number of related offenses. They each face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. The pilot was also arrested two days later, after surrendering himself to police. [ link to us.cnn.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 79053923 United States 08/01/2020 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate who would've thought Italians are so strong in the Aussie land |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78841779 United States 08/01/2020 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate With 500 kg a Cessna should be able to take off. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79197241 Australia 08/01/2020 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate not surprisingly surrendered himself. easily could have wandered into the wrong village and been dinner. |
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Dogfood™
User ID: 30454234 United States 08/01/2020 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78151287 United States 08/01/2020 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate Look, over here, in Papua New Guinea - a plane taking off with 1,000 pounds of cocaine - keep your eyes fixed over here, whilst we sneak in 100,000 pounds of cocaine over there. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74028472 United States 08/01/2020 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate
With 500 kg a Cessna should be able to take off.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78841779 You sure about that? Most Cessnas have a max takeoff weight of under 3000 pounds. Max as in EVERYTHING including the plane, fuel, passengers and cargo. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79079929 United States 08/01/2020 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate With 500 kg a Cessna should be able to take off.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78841779 Not if the pilot is high out of his mind on cocaine! |
oogly moogly User ID: 72177819 United States 08/01/2020 11:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate italian mafia ?
they aint never had no involvement with drugs....fuhgeddaboutit or youll be swimming with the fishes , capische ? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73853192 United States 08/01/2020 11:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate I can totally fly this thing when I’m stoned, bro Perfect landing, dudes! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77866619 United States 08/01/2020 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate Life sentence? Damn |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79213927 United Kingdom 08/01/2020 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate (CNN)A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia. The Cessna aircraft, which was stuffed with more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cocaine, went down while attempting to leave a remote airstrip in Papua New Guinea on July 26. Australian Federal Police said in a statement that "greed played a significant part in the syndicate's activities" and added they "cannot rule out that the weight of the cocaine had an impact on the planes (sic) ability to take off." Five suspects were arrested in Queensland and Victoria in recent days, and have been charged with conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine and a number of related offenses. They each face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. The pilot was also arrested two days later, after surrendering himself to police. [ link to us.cnn.com (secure)] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79053923 Anyone trying to fly 500 kilos in a Cessna, deserves a crash. Did they find the pilot's LDS temple recommended yet? |
Dogfood™
User ID: 30454234 United States 08/01/2020 11:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77866619 United States 08/01/2020 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate :locfj:
Quoting: Dogfood™ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79213927 United Kingdom 08/01/2020 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate BTW, if you need a place to store all the cocaine, there is extra space in the smush room for it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 53548203 Australia 08/01/2020 06:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Plane overloaded with cocaine crashes on take-off, exposing alleged crime syndicate
With 500 kg a Cessna should be able to take off.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78841779 depends where they are taking off from. a lot of PNG is high altitude, mountains, jungles, and hot tropical. it's not a great place to be flying aircraft. |
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