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Yuma Sector investigating aircraft crash near Yuma Road

Published July 29, 2021 11:31 PM

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol is investigating an ultralight aircraft crash after agents found it in a field near Yuma Road and Witerhaven Drive off Interstate 8 Thursday morning.

The Yuma Sector Evidence Team responded to the area and discovered the aircraft. Investigators determined the makeshift aircraft was constructed in a way that is consistent with "typical contraband-smuggling ultralights" with a metal basket welded to the frame.

However, no drugs or individuals were located at the site of the crash. The aircraft was seized and the crash remains under investigation.

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