There was a crashhh

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Date: Monday 13 April 2026
Time: 10:57
Type: Silhouette image of generic C55B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 550 Citation Bravo
Owner/operator: private
Registration: CP-3243
MSN: 550-1132
Year of manufacture: 2006
Engine model: P&W Canada PW530A
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Category: Accident
Location: c 115 km NE of Cochabamba - Bolivia
Phase: En route
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport: La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP)
Destination airport: Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport (SRZ/SLET)
Investigating agency: DGAC-AIG
Confidence Rating: ![

Narrative:
A Cessna 550 Citation, CP-3243, is missing and presumed to have crashed in Bolivia with two pilots on board.
The aircraft took off at 08:19 local time (12:19 UTC) from La Paz (LPB). Last contact with air traffic control was around 08:50.
It entered a circular pattern starting at 08:55 that was repeated about 20 times at 39,000 feet until 10:55, when it entered a high rate of descent until radar contact was lost at 19,375 feet, two minutes later.

Local media reported that the aircraft was owned by Oscar Mario Justiniano, a businessman from Santa Cruz and currently Minister of Productive Development.

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Bro was just flying in circles

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loss of control?

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Maybe something got stuck

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Survey of sorts?

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They don’t yet but will keep posted :frowning:

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