Airliner crashes in northern Mexico; 49 are hospitalised
An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact before catching fire, though officials said it appeared everyone on board escaped the flames. Durango state governor Jose Aispuro initially wrote in his Twitter account that "it is confirmed there were no fatalities in the accident," but he later said authorities were checking the plane's burned-out hull to make sure no one had been trapped. Aispuro said 49 people had been hospitalised. He said some passengers got out under their power, and some even wandered back to the nearby airport of Durango city to seek out relatives. Officials and witnesses differed on whether the plane either fell shortly after take-off or ran off the runway without really gaining altitude. <br/>
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Airliner crashes in northern Mexico; 49 are hospitalised
An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact before catching fire, though officials said it appeared everyone on board escaped the flames. Durango state governor Jose Aispuro initially wrote in his Twitter account that "it is confirmed there were no fatalities in the accident," but he later said authorities were checking the plane's burned-out hull to make sure no one had been trapped. Aispuro said 49 people had been hospitalised. He said some passengers got out under their power, and some even wandered back to the nearby airport of Durango city to seek out relatives. Officials and witnesses differed on whether the plane either fell shortly after take-off or ran off the runway without really gaining altitude. <br/>
