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Mexico Crash Kills Six Including State Officials

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By George Hatcher
Mexico Crash Kills Six Including State Officials

The Mexican Attorney General’s Beechcraft 300 Super King Air took off from MMZC Aeropuerto Internacional de Zacatecas (Calera) to serve an arrest warrant on members of a drug cartel but this party never achieved their objective. Presumably due to a mechanical failure, the plane lost altitude–for no apparent reason–and crashed five minutes after takeoff... »

Medevac Crash in Oaxaca

Friday, April 26, 2013
By George Hatcher
Medevac Crash in Oaxaca

An Oaxaca State Government McDonnell Douglas MD 600N was en route from Hospital Regional de Putla Villa de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico to Hospital General de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico when it crashed with four people aboard. The crash was located five miles from Oaxaca. The preliminary report lists Captain Guillermo Chavez Medina, the aeromedical Paul... »

Pilatus Crash in Mexico

Friday, February 22, 2013
By George Hatcher
Pilatus Crash in Mexico

On Feb 21, 2013, a Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter with two aboard en route from San­ta Lu­cía AFB was over San­ta Lu­cía AFB, Es­ta­do de Mé­xi­co on a training exercise when it crashed. Two people were reported injured, who were taken to nearby hospitals. The two aboard were later reported as... »

Mexico Crash Kills Entrepreneur and Family

Friday, January 18, 2013
By George Hatcher
Mexico Crash Kills Entrepreneur and Family

Did this happen because of a random gust of wind? Was this an incident that was invisible or could it have been detected or predicted? You tell me. It’s tragic, whatever the circumstance. On January 17, 2013, ( 13:50 local time), a Habilitaciones Turisticas SA CV Piper PA-31-325 Navajo #XBEZY took off from Angel... »

US Pilot and Mexican TV Host Die in Cozumel Crash

Wednesday, January 16, 2013
By George Hatcher
US Pilot and Mexican TV Host Die in Cozumel Crash

On Jan 15, 2013, a privately owned Bellanca Super Decathaón 8KCAB Registration YS-175-P was over the island of Cozumel in Mexico when it crashed, killing two aboard. Cabanas was not flying his own plane. The aircraft, registration YS-175-P crashed near the perimeter road of Cozumel near the “Captain Eduardo Parra Toledo” at approximately 16:30... »

Lawsuit Filed in Jenni Rivera Crash

Friday, January 11, 2013
By George Hatcher

The family of the victims (Arturo Rivera, makeup artist Jacob Yebale, attorney Mario Macias Pacheco and hair dresser Jorge “Gigi” Armando Sanchez Vasquez) of a 43-year-old Learjet that crashed in Mexico on December 9 have filed a negligence suit against Starwood Management LLC, Rodatz Financial Group Inc., McOco Inc. and Jenni Rivera Enterprises Inc.... »

Starwood Management Learjet Under Investigation

Monday, December 17, 2012
By George Hatcher

Noticias Telemundo interviewed Christian Esquino, owner of the plane that crashed and killed Jenni Rivera. He said that his pilots told Rivera’s entourage “it was bettr not to fly overnight,” but the flight took off at 3:00 a.m. Ten minutes later, the Learjet crashed at 600 mph. Esquino said the pilots were in excellent... »

FAA Initial Report of Starwood Management Learjet that Killed Jenni Rivera Entourage

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
By George Hatcher
FAA Initial Report of Starwood Management Learjet that Killed  Jenni Rivera Entourage

What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca Where: Los Tejocotes When: December 9 20123:30 Who: 7 aboard Update: IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 345MC Make/Model: LJ25 Description: LEARJET 25 Date: 12/09/2012 Time: 0630 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAINOUS AREA, THE... »

LearJet Wreckage Located Sierra Madre Oriental, RIP J

Sunday, December 9, 2012
By George Hatcher
LearJet Wreckage Located Sierra Madre Oriental, RIP J

What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca Where: Los Tejocotes When: December 9 20123:30 Who: 7 aboard Why: The 300 meter debris field of a plane wreckage discovered near the town of Iturbide in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental is believed to be that of the plane taken by Rivera’s party to Toluca.... »

Singer Jenni Rivera and Crew in LearJet Missing in Mexico

Sunday, December 9, 2012
By George Hatcher

What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca Where: Los Tejocotes When: December 9 20123:30 Who: 7 aboard Why: After a Saturday night concert in Monterrey, singer Jenni Rivera took off in a Learjet with a plane crew and her makeup artist, publicist and lawyer. but she did not arrive in Toluca at... »

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