Another Drug Plane Crash Lands in Northern Belize
Police have confirmed a report that a drug plane crash-landed during the night, north of Belize City. While Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams has indicated he won’t divulge any information until security forces have completed their forensics gathering from the area, News Five has learned that the plane landed several miles behind the Blackburn area, bordering the Belize and Orange Walk Districts. It took our news team through some rugged roads until we found someone who said he was among a group that was in the area when they heard the plane crash land and saw at least one vehicle approach it in the distance. He did not want to be identified.
Voice of: Hunter
“We mi deh eena the jungle, me and two ah mi friends, about round little after twelve when we hear this big aircraft di circle every minute. Ih circle bout half an hour to an hour and constantly dig oh higher and lower. Soh we dih deh and we put wi headlight pahn ah and we di flash pahn ah and di circle round and round it over Crooked Tree, back fig oh by Grass Piece, goh back by Firebunand come back to Crab Catcher and dehn place deh. And I mi think the authorities dehn wudda mi try get – do something but the authority dehn – ah nuh know if dehn lack ah interest or lack ah manpower or something.”
Voice of: Hunter
Marion Ali
“Ok, you said you were flashing lights on the plane. Did you happen to see what kind of plane it was?”
Voice of: Hunter
“No, it was pretty high but we know definitely it was a drug plane. We have knowledge of it.”
Marion Ali
“You couldn’t see if it was a twin engine, a single engine?”
Voice of: Hunter
“I know it’s a jet according to the sound that it makes, you know that whistling sound that a jet engine makes, we know it’s not a small plane. So we know it’s a very huge plane, but the plane was with no lights, or nothing, just di circle round, circle round.”
Marion Ali
“And after half an hour, what did you hear?”
Voice of: Hunter
“We hear when it gone down. Physically when it hit the ground you hear bang from the distance we were and I told my friends you know, it’s time to move from here because the authorities will definitely come here and hold the wrong set of persons because we were just in the jungle having fun.”
Marion Ali
“Having fun?”
Voice of: Hunter
“Having fun, shooting deer, gibnuts and soh, yeah hunting, that’s my fun, cause you know, that’s what I love; that’s my hobby, hunting.”
The person said they frequently hear planes flying over at night where they are in that area, but they don’t land as often. The ComPol says he will be giving details on Wednesday.
