The plane that left 13 dead was 2 minutes in free fall: climatic conditions and human error

The twin-engine Bombardier Challenger, registered N601VH, fell in a mountainous area of ​​Coahuila and members of two families died. from Yucatan and Tabasco, whose children have studied and lived in Monterrey for years, as well as two royal friends.

The group, between 57 and 19 years old, He came to watch the fight of Saul "El Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas, where they arrived on Friday at 7:08 pm (Nevada time).

On the road from Las Vegas to Monterrey, followed by pilot Juan José Aguilar Talavera, 45, a "cell" called Nimbus Cumulus, usually badociated with severe turbulence and hail, the portal informed Reform.

According to the aeronautical archives, Aguilar tried to rid the summit of this stormy formation by starting a 37,000-foot climb. (from the height of the road) to 40,000 feet.

In this ascension process, an oversight of the pilot resulted in a loss of speed of the aircraft, then a total loss of control and collapse.

The aircraft fell uncontrollably at about 6 km (20,160 feet) per minute until impact two minutes later in a difficult mountain area of ​​access, 239 kilometers (129 nautical miles) from Venustiano Carranza Airport, in the Municipality of Ocampo, Coahuila.

According to the flight report, Aguilar had his pilot license pending.

In addition, the aircraft (registered in the United States) operated in Mexico as an unauthorized air taxi.

The Reyes Luna family was created by Luis Octavio Reyes Domínguez, 55 years old.and Loyda Liliana Luna Larrosa, 49, and her children, Jade Paola, 26, Guillermo Octavio, 23, and Frida Alejandrina, 19.

Ramón Amauri Vela, 57, and Martha Isabel García Lagunes, 43, and their son Gary Amauri, 19, came from the Vela García family.

Monica Leticia Salinas Treviño, 22, and Manuel Alejandro Sepúlveda González, 25 years old, royals and boyfriends of Guillermo and Jade, were part of the Reyes Luna family.

Five of the young people were students or graduates of the University of Monterrey (UDEM).

Both parents had been collaborators, first at Pemex and, in recent years, as leaders of Typhoon Offshore, a Salinas group company.

Co-driver Luis Ovidio González Flores, 29, and Adriana Monserrath Mejía Sánchez, 30, have also lost their lives.

In the Challenger's activity log, owned by TVPX Aircraft Solutions, it is stated that he had made four trips from 7:44 on Friday: Toluca-Chihuahua, Mazatlan-Durango, Toluca-Monterrey and Monterrey- Las Vegas, in that order.

On Sunday, he took off at 14:52 from Las Vegas (Nevada time) to Monterrey.

When Mariano Escobedo did not arrive at the airport, where he was scheduled to arrive at 18:30 local time, the aviation authorities alerted that night to the disappearance of the plane..

"I deeply regret the terrible crash of Vegas, I appreciate the support of all the people who travel to see my fights, my prayers are with their families," he said.

The pilot was identified as Juan José Aguilar Talavera, who, according to information confirmed by En Punto, would have he allegedly traveled to Africa in 2011 to participate as a co-pilot in the attempt to illegally introduce Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi to Mexico..