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The investigation into the accident was carried out by the Mexican Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC). Since the United States was the state of manufacture and registry of the aircraft, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent an accredited representative to assist with the inquiry.
The crash occurred at 18:45 in the middle of rush-hour traffic of the Las Lomas business district, [7] causing an explosion whose flames "reached higher than the buildings". [8] According to Secretary of Communications and Transport Luis Téllez, there were no survivors. [9] Téllez also stated that the crash appeared to be an accident. [10]
The crash killed all 20 passengers and crews on board. Tropical Airways Flight 1301 – The Let L-410 Turbolet was taking off from Hugo Chávez International Airport when its cargo door suddenly flipped open in mid-flight. The crew attempted an emergency landing, however, the plane stalled and crashed into a sugar cane field, killing everyone ...
Boeing stock tumbled on Monday, falling more than 8% in morning trading after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets.
The crash was the subject of a Discovery Channel television series Curiosity 2-hour episode "Plane Crash". [14] [15] The episode was aired on 7 October 2012, and narrated by Josh Charles. [15] [16] The 1-hour-35-minute episode "The Plane Crash" aired on Channel 4 in Britain on 11 October 2012.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledged for the first time Monday that seven National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident in February — the worst military training ...
Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops.On Sunday, August 31, 1986, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was clipped in the tail section by N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee owned by the Kramer family, and crashed into the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos, killing all ...