Firefighters work on the wreckage of a light aircraft, after it crashed in a neighborhood in Tijuana October 31, 2011. The aircraft was carrying a pilot and his daughter who died instantly, along with a resident who was passing by a vehicle repair shop when it crashed, reported local media.
Mexican soldiers guard the site of an accident that claimed three lives when a twin-engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Tijuana's A.L. Rodriguez International Airport near the U.S. border. A pilot, a passenger and a victim on the ground in Colonia Libertad died.
TIJUANA — Three people were killed Monday when a twin-engine aircraft crashed near the border in Tijuana’s Colonia Libertad shortly after takeoff at 11:10 a.m. from A.L. Rodriguez International Airport
A spokesman for Tijuana’s Fire Department identified the victims as Francisco Zermeño, the pilot, and his daughter Olivia, 17, who was the lone passenger; the third victim, killed at the auto shop, was identified as Alberto González Ochoa.
Fire officials said the crash caused the mechanic's shop and seven vehicles to catch fire. Mayor Carlos Bustamante, interviewed by reporters at the scene, said that the plane was heading for Loreto in Baja California Sur. Inititial indications showed that the plane lost power shortly after takeoff, the mayor said.
The airplane was a Piper Aerostar with a U.S. registry, said Antonio Rosquillas, Tijuana's Civil Protecion Chief. Investigators with Mexico's federal Communications and Transportation Secretariat are looking into the incident.
Update: Both people aboard the plane, pilot Francisco Zermeño and his 17 year old daughter, died on impact. The third fatality was a man on the ground who has yet to be identified.
TIJUANA — Three people were killed today when a twin-engine aircraft crashed near the border in Tijuana’s Colonia Libertad shortly after takeoff at 11:10 a.m. near the U.S. border from A.L. Rodriguez International Airport
The dead were not immediately identified, but included the male pilot, a female passenger, and a male victim killed when the plane crashed into a mechanic’s shop, said Antonio Rosquillas, Tijuana’s civil protection chief.
The mechanic’s shop and four vehicles in the street caught fire in the incident.
The airplane, a Piper Aerostar with U.S. registration, was going to fly over the city, Rosquillas said.
TIJUANA BC 11:20 .- OCTOBER 31, 2011 (AFN) .- Around 11:10 hours on Monday, there was a plane crash that killed three people.
They reported that a plane that was bound to the city of Loreto in Baja California Sur, collapsed moments after taking off from this border town on Pine Street, between Poplar Street and Boulevard in Colonia Cuauhtemoc Freedom top.
The plane crashed in a body shop, where a person died, as well as the male pilot of the plane and a female passenger.
The Mayor of the city, Carlos Bustamante arrived a few minutes to where the incident record
The lane crashed near the International Airport Abelardo L. Rodriguez in the city of Tijuana.
In place are working to rescue elements of the body and the Red Cross to control the fire. Elements of the Municipal Police guard the area surrounding the incident closed blocks to protect the safety of citizens and allow the work of firefighters and paramedics.
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