Opinion ID: 484754
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Heading: the march 1980 unsuccessful load

Text: 6 Stan located a Piper Aztec aircraft and a pilot named Ronald Haig. Stan arranged to pick up approximately 600 pounds of marijuana in Jamaica and Bennie agreed to serve as copilot on the flight for $15,000. 3 Haig and Bennie were to land at an airstrip south of Homestead called the Road to Nowhere. Stan had contacted Frank Basso, Walter Graham, Teddie Merritt and David Beech to off-load the marijuana. 7 Haig and Bennie flew to Jamaica, where several Jamaicans helped them load the marijuana onto the aircraft. On their return flight, Bennie became excited and let one of the fuel pumps run out of fuel. As a results, the engines quit and Haig was forced to land the plane in the water somewhere east of Andros Island. The aircraft sank in about sixty seconds and Haig and Bennie were left bobbing in the ocean for approximately thirty or forty-five minutes without life rafts or life jackets. Eventually, they were picked up by two Bahamians in a boat. 8 Bennie called Stan at the Plaza Pub and informed him of what had happened. Stan sent someone to fly them back to Homestead. Stan accused Bennie of stealing the marijuana.