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Mittwoch, 14. April 2010, 21:06

A 300 der AeroUnion in Monterrey abgestürzt!

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An AeroUnion Airbus A-300B4-200, registration XA-TUE performing freight flight 6R-302 from Mexico City to Monterrey (Mexico) with 5 crew, lost height while on approach to Monterrey International Airport's runway 11 and impacted ground. Parts of the debris including a wing and an engine ended up on the airport highway (parallel to runway 11/29) at around 23:30L (04:30Z Apr 14th). All on board perished, one person on the highway is reported killed, the airplane was destroyed. A large fire broke out.
Mexican Police has cordoned the area off.

Mexican Authorities confirmed 5 fatalities saying, that two people were on the aircraft and three on the ground. The airplane had just departed Monterrey towards Los Angeles when it hit the ground.
Airbus reported, that the airplane was flying from Mexico City to Monterrey and on approach to Monterrey in rain showers and thunderstorms, when it impacted ground. The airframe was the first built in 1979, was converted to a freighter in 1998 and was acquired by AeroUnion in 2002. The airplane had accumulated about 55200 flight hours in approx. 27600 cycles and was powered by CF6 engines.
Flight TNO-302 (6R-302) had originated in Mexico City and was to fly to Los Angeles via an intermediate stop in Monterrey.

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