The plane with two people on board came down in woods near the French resort. The pilot and passenger have been injured.

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Illegal flight Crashes in Honduras

What: AvioCharter red and white Colombian-registered Cessna 402C Utililiner
Where: Punta de Ocote, Morazán, Yoro, Honduras
When: Dec 5, 2009
Who: 1 pilot
Why: A small red and white Colombian-registered Cessna 402C Utililiner landed in the highway crossing Ocote, Morazán, Yoro. The plane was carrying a shipment of cocaine and when it fell, it killed eighteen year old motorcyclist Israel Martinez Euceda.

Apparently seven or eight people were waiting for the plane to land. By the time police arrived, they found the plane in two pieces. Area residents barricaded themselves inside their homes to avoid the gunfire. Apparently narcotics traffickers set the plane afire.

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10 dead after small plane crashes in Brazil

10 dead after small plane crashes in Brazil

The plane slammed into the structure of a building under construction and then fell into a furniture store, injuring 17 others.

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H.R. 4217 Passes

The Senate passed H.R. 4217, the bill extending FAA programs and excise taxes through March 31, 2010.

The current extension expires at the end of the 2009.

The extension provides $2 billion in AIP contract authority for the first six months of the year.

H.R.4217

Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15](introduced 12/8/2009)

Cosponsors (6)

Latest Major Action: 12/10/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate.

Status: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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