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Airliner crashes in Mexico


Wed 01 Aug 2018 | 05:17 PM
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SEE-August1st :A passenger jet crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state,  moments after take-off on Tuesday.

The Communications and Transport Ministry said, "There were two infants aboard the plane in addition to the 97 passengers and four crew. No fatalities were confirmed"

The Aeromexico jet was carrying 97 passengers whom nationalities are still unknown and and four crew members, all of them survived the crash, but 97 were injured.

State Governor José Rosas Aispuro said, " The plane was hit by a gust of wind, which caused a sudden descent. Its left wing then touched the ground and two engines came off."

Luis Gerardo Fonseca, head of Mexico’s civil aviation agency, said, "it could take months to know the cause of the accident."

However, the airport operator, Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, suggests that bad weather was the cause.