MEXICO CITY — An Aeromexico passenger plane carrying 101 people crashed in Mexico’s central state of Durango on Tuesday, according to Mexican officials and images posted on social media. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.
The Mexican airline said on its Twitter account that the plane, an Embraer ERJ-190AR jet, had been scheduled to fly from Durango city’s Guadalupe Victoria Airport to Mexico City. The 560-mile flight takes about two hours.
Secretary of Communications and Transportation Gerardo Ruiz Esparza confirmed on Twitter that around 4 p.m. local time, the plane carrying 97 passengers and crew members, crashed after taking off from the airport in the city of Durango.
The governor of Durango state, José R. Aispuro, said on his Twitter account that he had ordered security and emergency workers “to attend the unfortunate accident.”
Photos posted to social media by the Durango branch of the country’s Civil Protection Agency showed thick black smoke rising from the body of the plane. Several ambulances were also seen in the area just off what appeared to be a runway.
Reporting was contributed by Megan Specia, Josh Keller, Rick Gladstone and Satoshi Sugiyama in New York.
Source : Nytimes
