This morning at about 09.16 local time Beech C90GTi N8116L ditched about 17 miles north east of the northern coast of the island of Aruba. The two persons onboard (both from Brazil) survived the crash and were in the liferaft when helicopters from the local police and the Royal Dutch Navy (a Lynx onboard HNLMS Amsterdam) arrived at the scene. Both crew were rescued by the Lynx helicopter and taken to the hospital on Aruba. The Beech was enroute from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport to Hato, Curacao and reported in with the Aruban ATC with enginetrouble and shortly thereafter issued a May Day call.
From what I can make of the newspaper articles on a press conference (it's all in Papiamentu language) is that the Beech ran out of fuel....
Details:
Manufacturer: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP
Model: C90GTI
Serial: LJ-2042
Certificate Issue Date: 04/02/2012 (that's right, YESTERDAY! Upto this date it was registered to the manufacturer.)
Registered Owner WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST NA TRUSTEE
Some pictures (taken from website 24ora.com)
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