A plane crash in Durango: an Aeromexico aircraft suffers an "accident" in Durango, authorities say

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 21:47 EDT

MEXICO CITY – An Aeromexico airliner crashed on Tuesday after taking off in the state of Durango, in northeastern Ontario. country, confirmed a federal official. that all the passengers and the crew survived.

Gov. Jose Aispuro says that the pilot and another person were hospitalized in a serious but stable condition. Earlier, officials said that 49 people had been taken to hospitals after Tuesday 's crash.

Aispuro said that everyone on board had been taken into account after checking the carcass burned from the plane and "no one died".

The governor also increased the number of people in the plane to 103, saying that two minors had not been included in an account earlier.

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