At least 3 people died in Mexico´s small plane crash

Source: Xinhua | 05-08-2009 09:00

MEXICO CITY, May 7 (Xinhua)-- At lest three people died and one more was injured on Thursday when a Cessna light plane fell down near the airport Heriberto Jara, Veracruz (east), Mexican General Prosecutor's Office of Veracruz (PGJE) said.

The accident occurred on Thursday at 9:40 a.m. local time (1440GMT), when the plane with license XBU-340 dropped in the territorial reserve Tarimoya, Secretary of Civil Protection Ranulfo Marquez said.

Based on a report from the PGJE the plane took off minutes before the accident from the airport Heriberto Jara, leading to McAllen, Texas in the U.S.

Experts from the PGJE and Civil Aeronautics went to the place of the accident to determine the causes of the accident.

In the accident the pilot Jose Suarez and his copilot Marcos Consuegra as well as Josefina Valdes died while Josefina Ruiz was take to a health center in Veracruz city.

Editor:Zhang Ning