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Old 8th Nov 2008, 14:49
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YouTube - Wake turbulence plane crash in Mexico City: Radar View


I think that wake turbulence is a plausable explanation. If I read the data tags correctly, just before MXA1692 (the 767-300) makes the turn to final (2:53 in video), the Lear is at the same altitude, 4 nm in trail and 70kts faster! Then, at the location that XC-VMC has the event, they were 300ft lower than the 763 was at that point and they crossed it 1:24 after the 763.

Speculation, of course, but given the proximity and the altitudes, it fits.
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