Second aviation incident in 24 hours: private jet crashes in Mexico
A private jet travelling from New York to Mexico has crashed – in what is the second aviation incident in 24 hours after a helicopter plummeted in the Hudson River, killing six people on board.
Footage circulating on social media shows the Gulfstream V long-range aircraft skidding off the runway at Cabo San Lucas International Airport.
It is seen veering off the paved surface and coming to a halt near the edge of the airfield.
Plumes of smoke are rising from the wreckage as emergency crews rush in.
The crash is understood to have happened on Thursday afternoon, just two hours after the aircraft took off from Teterboro Airport, in New Jersey.
Several families travelling with their children from Brooklyn were on board, but it is understood they all survived.
Passengers are shown rushing away from the scene of the wreckage on Thursday afternoon
‘We are alive,’ one man is heard on the verge of tears as he films from the tarmac.
‘Thank you Hakadosh Baruch Hu. [traditional Hebrew expression showing gratitude].
‘Thank you for saving us and my children because it is absolutely a miracle that we are alive.’
Screams can be heard in the background as passengers rushed away from the wreckage.
Part of the plane, which had severed in the landing, is shown on the ground about 50 metres away from the cockpit.
The Cabo San Lucas Airport, in Mexico, where the incident took place (Picture: Datawrapper)
Inside the private jet, it is chaos. Another video shows the aftermath, with bags overturned fallen out from overhead compartments, and plates and cutlery smashed on the floor.
The exact cause remains unconfirmed and Mexican aviation authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
According to initial reports, the aircraft experienced a fault upon landing, which may have caused it to end up off the runway.
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