Air Force plane crashed in Veracruz: six soldiers died

A Mexican Air Force (FAM) Learjet 45 plane crashed shortly before landing at Xalapa Airport, Veracruz.

In a statement, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) reported that six soldiers died.

“The Secretariat of the National Defense informs public opinion that at approximately 9.45 a.m. on that date, the LearJet 45 aircraft, registration 3912 of the Mexican Air Force, was involved in an accident while taking off from the airport. national “El Lencero”, located in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Ver .; Unfortunately, in this event, 6 soldiers lost their lives.

The staff of the generals, chiefs, officers and troops who make up the Institute Armado, we express our deepest condolences to the families of our comrades in arms who unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty. This Unit will verify that the services which, by law, correspond to their beneficiaries are granted, as well as the necessary accompaniment to support them in all their needs during this difficult period ”.

The Sedena Air Accident Investigation Commission and the Army Controller and the Mexican Air Force “will carry out the corresponding expert reports to determine the possible causes” of the accidentadded.

<< The Air Accident Investigation and Judgment Commission of this Secretariat and the Inspectorate and Comptroller General of the Army and Air Force, they will carry out the corresponding expertises to determine the possible causes behind the event ”.

The secretariat did not indicate the identity of the soldiers or the work they were doing there, although it did indicate that their deaths had occurred “in the course of their duties”.

“We express our most sincere condolences to the families of our comrades in arms,” ​​the institution added in the statement.

Local media report that elements of the FAM have flight practice and that they were intended for the city of Villahermosa, Tabasco. After collapsing, the plane caught fire, trapping its crew.

Elements of the Mexican army and firefighters mobilized at Xalapa International Airport to witness the accident.

The Learjet was manufactured in 2007, FAM acquired it from a private American company, which operated it as a business jet.

In January 2010, a Mexican army helicopter crashed in Chihuahua, in the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua.

At 8:30 am, A helicopter carrying five people, including the crew, collapsed on the “El Zorrillo” runway, six kilometers from the municipal headquarters.

The plane, which left Culiacán, Sinaloa, presented a mechanical failure that caused the fall.

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