Mexico: A plane with a hundred detainees crashed shortly after takeoff

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I In northern Mexico, a pbadenger plane with dozens of inmates crashed. According to the authorities, no people have been killed. There have been no deaths in the incident, said Durango State Governor, José Aispuro, on Tuesday (local time) on Twitter. The plane was en route from Guadalupe International Airport Victoria to Mexico City.

Mexico's Minister of Transport, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, said on Twitter that there were 97 pbadengers and four crew members on board. 37 people were easily injured. The pilot had suffered the most serious injuries because the plane had bumped his nose, said the director of civil protection of the city of Durango, Israel, Solano Mejia. Most of the pbadengers on board could have left the plane on their own, he told Foro TV.

Officials and witnesses gave different information on how the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon (local time). Apparently, the plane crashed immediately after takeoff or crossed the runway without gaining altitude. Apparently, the pilot tried the launch but during a storm.

The plane made an emergency landing about ten kilometers from the airport in the state of Durango, said a spokesman for the local civil defense at the television. The pilot of the machine probably had to stop because of bad weather. "It rained, there was a storm, I think that they wanted to separate," Aispuro said on TV. There was a fire and the machine was damaged.

On the first pictures of the scene of the accident, the pbadenger plane was seen in a field. Clouds of smoke rose up. The Milenio television channel showed images of the emergency services, pbadengers provided. Some people were able to leave the machine alone. At Durango Airport, psychologists were also prepared for the families of the pbadengers, he said.

There was no other information at the beginning. Social media also showed images of a plane on the ground.