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Cargo plane crashes in Mexico, killing 6 people
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-04-15 14:27
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MONTERREY, Mexico - A cargo plane crashed onto a road while trying to land in this northern Mexico city, killing all five crew members on board and one person on the ground, authorities said Wednesday.
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 A federal policewoman guards the site where a AeroUnion Airbus A-300 cargo aircraft crashed near the Mariano Escobedo international airport in Monterrey April 14, 2010. A cargo aircraft crashed late on Tuesday near the airport in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, killing six people, Mexican emergency authorities reported. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. [Agencies] |
Local civil defense director Jorge Camacho Rescue said the entire crew died and one person was killed inside a car crushed under the plane. He said only three of the crew's bodies had been recovered by Wednesday night and emergency personnel were searching for the other two.
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The plane, owned by Mexico City-based Aerotransportes de Carga Union, had taken off from Mexico City.
Charred and smoking wreckage was spread across an area at least 330 feet (100 meters) across. The nose of the plane and both wings were torn from the fuselage and lay in the middle of the two-lane road.
Authorities recovered the plane's flight recorders and were investigating the cause of the accident.
