Breaking News: Lear Jet crashes in Mexico City!

[Victor de Leon]

At 6:34 Pm. an Official Goverment Learjet # 25 with 9 passegers on board crashed on one of the buisiuest intersections of Mexico City (Reforma y Periferico) It is speculated that the plane carried on board the Secretay of Goverment Juan Camilo Mouriņo was on board of the plane.

There is fire on a grat area of the crash cite.

Tha plane was about to land on Mexico City International Airport when it declared emergency and all contac was lost.

Last report at least 10 more injuried peapole.

The plane registration is XCVMC

[areynaldos]

Confirmed - Mexican Secretary of State killed in crash

It is confirmed, the Mexican Secretary of State (also equivalent to Ministry of Interior) was killed in the accident.

Also onboard was the subsecretary of Public Safety, which is the government body in charge of coordinating the police and justice policies.

The Army sealed the San Luis Potosi airport, where the flight originated from. Rumours are that it might have been a terrorist attack from the drug cartels, mainly because of the high ranking officials on the plane. Only rumours, of course. Some witnesses say that the plane exploded on midair.

However, some officials mentioned that the fuselage is almost complete, which might be contrary to an explosion while on the air.

What I get from all this is that, as expected, a few hours after the crash there are a lot of unknowns. But it surely was a very shocking accident. Juan Camilo Muriņo, the Secretary of State that died in the crash, was said to be the second most powerful person in the Mexican government a few months ago.

8 people are dead - all passenger on the Learjet, and 40 people were injured on the ground, as the plane impacted several cars and at least a building.

Some video can be seen here, and I'll try to post links to pictures and news tomorrow.

[Mel]

Braking News

Is this like stop the presses

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Investigators inspect the site of a plane crash in Mexico City, Mexico, 05 November 2008, in which Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino died on 04 November. According to Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard the crash left eight people dead and at least 40 injured

[alanh]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/08/mexico.crash/index.html

The government Learjet 45 was traveling at 500 kmh (310 mph) when it crashed in central Mexico City as it approached Benito Juarez International Airport.

Gilberto Lopez Meyer, Mexico's director of airports and auxiliary services, said the jet's left engine fell off when the plane was traveling between 250 and 300 kmh (150 to 186 mph), according to Mexico's state-run Notimex news agency.

An examination of the wreckage indicates that the engines were functioning at high speed, Lopez Meyer said.