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Aero Union Cargo Flight Crashes


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Contact photographer Juan Carlos Guerra

What: AeroUnion Airbus A-300B4-200 en route from Monterrey (Mexico) to Los Angeles,CA
Where: Mexico
When: April 13th 2010
Who: 2 crew ; 3 on ground fatalities
Why: After taking off from Monterrey on a freight flight after 11:00 pm, it is reported that a turbine and wing fell off the plane, and then the Airbus fell out of the sky on to a highway not far from the runway. (Most of the wreckage is on airport property. ) The crew and three individuals on the ground were killed.

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