Plane crash in northern Mexico kills 2 officials, injures 3
22/12/2008 16:17
A small plane crashed in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila over the
weekend, killing two government officials and injuring three others, the state
authorities said in a statement yesterday.
The plane's engine lost power just
as the aircraft was about to land in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila state, and the plane
hit high-voltage wires before crashing and catching fire, the statement
said.
Rescue teams immediately sent the five people onboard to hospitals, but
Emilio Bichara Marcos, the Coahuila water commission director, and his secretary
Rafael Reyes died yesterday.
Two reporters and the pilot were still under
medical care.
It was at least the fourth plane to crash this year with
government officials aboard. In November, the interior minister and 15 other
people died when their jet crashed in Mexico City.
Xinhua
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