ARUBA – 6.40AM — According to a CNN ‘iReport:’
“The Venezuelan airforce has shot down a plane after not responding. Plane was shot down in open waters. Plane crashed near Eagle Beach, Aruba. 3 Bodies & drugs have been found. I witnessed this myself, and took the picture while shooting a commercial.”
The AP reported, A civilian plane was being pursued by the Venezuelan military over the Caribbean Sea when it crashed for an unknown reason.
Aruba is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela.
It measures 32 kilometres (20 mi) long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and 10 kilometres (6 mi) across at its widest point.
Together with Bonaire andCuraçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch Caribbean.
