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USA Jet Airlines DC-9-15F plane crash
Saltillo, Mexico

USA Jet Airlines DC-9-15F plane crash - Saltillo, Mexico

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Saltillo, MexicoThe DC-9 freighter belonging to Michigan-based USA Jet Airlines departed Hamilton, Canada en route to Shreveport, USA where it arrived a few hours later. It took off again after a 30 minutes stop, bound for Saltillo, Mexico. The plane crashed during the approach to Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport.

The DC-9 was carrying load of auto parts it had pick up in Canada and intended to be delivered in Mexico. The DC-9 was on approach to runway 17 of Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport of when it crashed in an industrial area just north of the airport, around half a mile (one kilometer) from the runway. The airplane broke up and burned. The pilot died, and the co-pilot received second- and third-degree burns.


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Footage of the USA Jet Airlines DC9 accident shot by airport cameras in 2008

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Vidéos de l’accident du DC-9 de USA Jet Airlines filmées par les caméras de surveillance de l’aéroport. Même si les images donnent peu de détails sur les causes de l’accident, on voit nettement que l’appareil avait un roulis anormalement élevé avant de s’écraser puis d’exploser. Quelques secondes avant le crash, on peut distinguer un flash brillant sur la trajectoire du DC-9 suggérant que l’avion a accroché une ligne électrique.
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Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport is located in the city of Ramos Arizpe, 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo.

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Photos of the USA Jet Airlines DC-9-15F crash

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