Miraculously, all the 101 passengers of an airplane had survived the crash that took place due to the heavy storm.
Heavy hailstorm during the take-off of the Aeromexico plane had caused the crash Tuesday in Durango, Mexico. The plane was engulfed in flames in which dozens were injured.
“It is confirmed that there have been no deaths from the flight #AM2431 accident,” tweeted Jose Rosas, the governor of Durango, where the crash happened.
Passengers said there had been “a strange movement” on takeoff and “that was when the accident happened,” Rosas told the national television channel.
Dozens of lightly injured passengers left the plane, which was engulfed in gray smoke in a field.
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“Approximately 85 people are injured,” Durango’s civil defense spokesman Alejandro Cardoza told the channel.
The aircraft was scheduled to fly from Durango to Mexico City. The accident happened close to Guadalupe Victoria International Airport, said the airport, which is now closed.
The plane tried to take off in the hail storm but was forced into an emergency landing in a field.
“The fire started after the emergency landing” but “fortunately no one suffered burns,” said Cardoza, who added that there had been “some serious injuries” but that most people sustained “very minor… knocks.”
The plane carrying 97 passengers and four crew heading from Durango to the capital Mexico City, “crashed on takeoff” around 4 PM (02:30 AM Wednesday India), Transport Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said.
Emergency services, the army, and the Red Cross were on the scene.
Images from the scene showed flames and a column of smoke rising from an aircraft on the ground among bushes and tall grass. Rescue workers, firefighters, and fire engines also are pictured.
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