Aeroméxico flight AM2431 was flying from Guadalupe Victoria International Airport to Mexico City.Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted that he had also instructed federal agencies to help.
MEXICO CITY: An Aeromexico jetliner crashed after taking off in the northern state of Durango on Tuesday, but the state’s governor said there were no deaths and another official said 85 people had minor injuries.
A spokesman for the Durango state health ministry said two of the victims were in critical condition.Durango state civil defense office published photos of a smoking but apparently relatively intact plane lying on its belly in a field.
The civil defense office of Durango state said the plane came down in a field near the airport for the state capital, also named Durango.
A Mexican governor says a gust of wind hit an Aeromexico jetliner shortly after it took off, causing the plane to lose speed and hit the ground with its left wing. Both engines were knocked loose.
The governor says all 103 passengers and crew have been accounted for alive. He says the plane’s pilot is in serious condition with burns.Ambulances lined up at the accident site to ferry the injured to hospitals.
The Brazilian-made medium-range Embraer 190 was about 10 years old and had seen service with two other airlines before joining the Aeromexico fleet.
