A small plane with ten people on board crashed in TolucaMexico and there are at least 6 deadreported local media such as: The Herald.
The news was confirmed by Adrian Hernandez RomeroState Disaster Management Coordinator. The videos of the plane crashing (from the JetPro company) and its subsequent burning quickly went viral on the networks.
The impact occurred against a then-empty industrial hall next to a soccer field. It is believed that the pilot tried unsuccessfully to land there.
Firefighters and security personnel are currently working to cool down and clear the factory in order to identify the victims (the bodies of the six confirmed victims have been recovered but have not been identified. Four people have yet to be found).
The plane left Acapulco and was destined for Toluca Airport. It was a private flight with 8 passengers on board plus the pilot and co-pilot.
The impact occurred at 11:55 a.m. on Monday precisely in San Pedro Toltepec, at the intersection of Industria Automotriz and Boulevard Miguel Alemán streets, 300 meters from the airport where he was supposed to land.
Flightradar24 reported that the model is an airplane Cessna Citation III (Model 650), a medium-sized airliner with a capacity of 6 to 9 passengers.
On Friday, a pilot on a JetBlue flight reported that he nearly collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force pilot who did not report his position.
“You don’t have a transponder on, that’s outrageous.”the JetBlue pilot told an air traffic controller after identifying the type of plane he encountered. “We almost collided in the air up here”.
It was JetBlue Flight 1112, departing from Curacao, a small island in the southern Caribbean, bound for New York.
Twenty minutes after takeoff, the plane suddenly flattened mid-climb, according to flight tracking data.
By radio, The JetBlue pilot said he was forced to stop the plane from climbing to its cruising altitude to avoid a collision with the tanker.
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