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MEXICO – An Aeromexico passenger plane carrying 101 people crashed Tuesday in the state of Durango, Mexico, according to Mexican officials and images posted on social networks. The Mexican airline said on its Twitter account that the Embraer ERJ-190AR aircraft was to leave the Guadalupe Victoria airport from the city of Durango to get to Mexico City. The 560-mile flight lasts about two hours
Secretary of Communications and Transport Gerardo Ruiz Esparza confirmed on Twitter that around 4 pm. local time, the plane carrying 97 passengers and crew members, crashed after taking off from Durango airport
The Governor of Durango State, José R. Aispuro, said on his Twitter account He ordered rescuers and rescue workers to get to the accident.
Photos posted on social networks by the Durango section of the country's Civil Protection Agency revealed a thick black smoke rising from the body of the plane. Several ambulances were also seen in the area right next to what appeared to be a runway.
Report was contributed by Megan Specia, Josh Keller, Rick Gladstone and Satoshi Sugiyama in New York.
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