MEXICO CITY: A plane crashed, 85 peoples were injured on Tuesday, 2 were critical when an Aeromexico-operated Embraer passenger jet crashed shortly when takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango, however, authorities said there were no fatalities.
The mid-sized jet was nearly full, with 97 passengers and 4 crew members aboard, once it came down at around 4 p.m. local time (2100 GMT), Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico’s minister for communications and transportation, wrote on Twitter.
“The plane was taking off,” Governor Jose Rosas Aispuro told Mexican tv, adding that witnesses told him there was “a bang” then all of sudden the plane was on the ground.
TV images showed the severely damaged body of the plane when it came to rest in scrubland and a column of smoke rose into the sky.
The plane made an emergency landing about six miles (10 km) from the airport, Alejandro Cardoza, a spokesman for the state’s civil protection agency, said on native television. other authorities said the crash was nearer to the airport.
Cardoza said in an interview that around 85 people had been injured, adding that a fireplace resulting from the accident had been placed out. The civil protection agency said 37 individuals were hospitalized, whereas the state health department said 2 passengers were in a very critical condition.
The operator of Durango airport, Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, attributed the crash to bad weather conditions, citing preliminary reports. The plane had barely taken off when it felt love it was hit by a powerful air current, one passenger told network Televisa.
A spokesman for the Mexican airline declined to disclose the traveler list or the nationalities of those on board.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote on Twitter that he had instructed the defense, civil protection, and transportation ministries to help with the response to the crash.
