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Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Antonov AN-32B plane crash

Monterrey, Mexico
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Antonov AN-32B plane crash - Monterrey, Mexico

Key facts

Airline
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
Aircraft
Antonov AN-32B
Location
Monterrey, Mexico
Date
24th November, 2010
People on board
5
Fatalities
5

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Accident account

The Antonov AN-32B belonging to the Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) took off from Monterrey International Airport, Mexico, bound for Santa Lucia, Mexico. The plane was performing a military logistics flight with 5 crew-members onboard. The plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing all five people on board.

The Russian twin-engine cargo airplane belonged to 301 Squadron of the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana. The plane had just taken off to the military airbase of Saint Lucia when a problem onboard makes the pilots opt for an emergency landing. But this wouldn't go well and the aircraft would have crashed and later exploded. The plane crashed to the side of a runway near the airport VIP Terminal, narrowly missing two parked biz jets.

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