Highway 57

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    Five Dead in Aeronaves Metro II Accident

    An Aeronaves turboprop took off from Querétaro Airport, and impacted beside Highway 57 (Querétaro-Mexico City) then burst into flame.

    The Aeronaves TSM plane was on a post-maintenance test flight, with four (or five) aboard. The accident occurred about 11 km southwest of the airport. Firefighters, federal police and a Mexican army team rushed to the scene. The accident had no survivors.

    It is not known what went wrong on the Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II that caused the crash.

    Flight registration number was XA-UKP.
    *The number of people reported aboard varies.