Lear Slides off Aurora Runway


What: Learjet 55
Where: AURORA, IL
When: 01/12/2009
Who: 1 pilot 2 passengers
Why: On landing, the learjet slid off the runway.

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    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 health but that the head pilot might have had a heart attack. Miguel Perez was 78 years old.

    U.S. commercial pilots can only fly till they are 65.

    Two of Esquinos planes were seized by the government this year.

    The US is assisting Mexico in the investigation.

    La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, a través de la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), inició las investigaciones sobre la presunta caída de la aeronave con matrícula N345MC propiedad de la empresa Starwood Management, ocurrida hoy en la madrugada, en el estado de Nuevo León.

    El avión LearJet salió de Monterrey a las 03:15 horas y tenía como destino el aeropuerto de Toluca. La aeronave perdió contacto con el radar a una distancia de 61.8 millas de Monterrey y en las coordenadas 24,45,50 N 99,52,18 W.

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    Entre los desaparecidos se encuentran los pilotos Miguel Pérez y Alejandro Torres y los pasajeros, cuyo nombre quedó registrado como: Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra, Alberto Rivera Saavedra, Mario Macias, Jacob Llenares y Gerardo N.

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  • Learjet Crash that Injured DJ

    Date: 19 SEP 2008
    Time: 23:53
    Type: Learjet 60
    Operator: Inter Travel And Services
    Registration: N999LJ
    C/n / msn: 314
    First flight: 2006
    Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A
    Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
    Passengers: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
    Total: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
    Airplane damage: Destroyed
    Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
    Location: Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC (CAE) (United States of America)
    Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
    Nature: Executive
    Departure airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC (CAE/KCAE), United States of America
    Destination airport: Los Angeles-Van Nuys Airport, CA (VNY), United States of America

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    Lear Jet Crashes in Illinois


    Pictured: A Royal Air Freight Lear Jet 24
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    LearJet Wreckage Located Sierra Madre Oriental, RIP J

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    What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca
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    Macedonian Prime Minister’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Zurich

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    The Question of Foul Play

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    What: Learjet 45 flown by the Mexican government
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    When: 04 NOV 2008
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    • Arcadio Echeverría, coordinator of special events, office of the Interior Secretary.
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