{"id":3062,"date":"2018-08-01T09:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2018-08-01T09:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:20:52","slug":"watch-plane-crash-in-northern-mexico-injures-85-of-101-onboard-no-deaths-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/08\/01\/watch-plane-crash-in-northern-mexico-injures-85-of-101-onboard-no-deaths-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Plane crash in Northern Mexico injures 85 of 101 onboard, no deaths reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 618px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3062-1\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aeromexico-plane-carrying-101-people-crashes-in-northern-Mexico.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aeromexico-plane-carrying-101-people-crashes-in-northern-Mexico.mp4\">http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aeromexico-plane-carrying-101-people-crashes-in-northern-Mexico.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"first\">Mexican airline Aeromexico says there are no reports of fatalities after one of its planes carrying 101 people crashed near an airport in northern Mexico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content wysiwyg right\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h4>Key points:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Aeromexico Flight 2431 was bound for Mexico City and crashed shortly after take-off<\/li>\n<li>All 101 people onboard are reported to have survived but dozens are injured<\/li>\n<li>Witnesses reportedly heard a &#8220;bang&#8221; before the plane crashed near the airport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flight 2431 had 97 passengers and four crew members onboard when it crashed shortly after taking off from Durango International Airport about 4:00pm on Tuesday (local time).<\/p>\n<p>Governor Jose Rosas Aispuro told Mexican television that witnesses told him there was &#8220;a bang&#8221; and then without warning the plane was on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>TV images showed the severely damaged body of the plane in scrubland and a column of smoke rising into the sky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/10059912-3x2-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters rush towards a crashed plane in scrub.\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong>\u00a0Rescue workers and firefighters at the scene of the crash.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(Civil Defense Office of Durango Photo via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>About 85 people were injured, at least two critically, but Aeromexico tweeted it had no reports of fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>A video posted to Facebook claimed to show one of the pilots from the plane being helped into a car after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Cardoza, a spokesman for the state&#8217;s civil protection agency, said despite the fire resulting from the accident, there were no reports of burn victims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--pullquote\"><p>&#8220;Many managed to leave the plane on foot,&#8221; Mr Cardoza said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A reporter for network Milenio said some passengers walked to a highway to seek help.<\/p>\n<p>Flight 2431 was an Embraer 190 and bound for the country&#8217;s capital Mexico City when it crashed.<\/p>\n<p>The website Planespotters.net said the Brazilian-made medium-range jet was about 10 years old and had seen service with two other airlines before joining the Aeromexico fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Embraer did not immediately respond to Reuters&#8217; requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/10059954-3x2-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency responders at the crash site of an Aeromexico plane in Durango, Mexico.\" width=\"425\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong>\u00a0Emergency responders at the Aeromexico plane crash site.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(Civil Defence Office of Durango)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>ABC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican airline Aeromexico says there are no reports of fatalities after one of its planes carrying 101 people crashed near an airport in northern Mexico. Key points: Aeromexico Flight 2431 was bound for Mexico City and crashed shortly after take-off All 101 people onboard are reported to have survived but dozens are injured Witnesses reportedly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3065,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions\/3065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}