When Peru mistook missionaries for drug traffickers
The Peruvian Air Force shot down a light plane carrying American missionaries in 2001
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In April 2001 the Peruvian Air Force mistakenly shot down a small passenger plane as it flew over the Amazon jungle. The Peruvians believed the aircraft was carrying drugs. Onboard was a group of American missionaries. Mike Lanchin spoke to Jim Bowers, who survived the crash, but whose wife and baby daughter were killed.
This programme is a rebroadcast
Photo: The missionary plane shot down by the Peruvian Air Force lies in shallow waters of the Amazon River. (Photo by Newsmakers)