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Old 5th Nov 2008, 15:19
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Plane Crash in Mexico City

unconfirmed report on the radio of a plane crash in Mexico city. Possible casualties? Does anyone have more information about this?
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Old 5th Nov 2008, 15:33
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Govenrment Learjet (according to guardian)

It was a government learjet, the interior minister was one of 8 killed allegedly.

Interior minister of Mexico dies in plane crash that killed eight | World news | guardian.co.uk

Bloomberg.com: Latin America

Minister killed in Mexico plane crash - Yahoo! News UK

RIP all concerned.
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It was correctly posted on this forum earlier, as I am sure it is of interest to all professional pilots, but some well meaning moderator moved it to the Biz jets section where only a fraction of PPruners go!

http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...jet-crash.html
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Separation

"Early reports from unofficial air traffic control sources say the Learjet was following a Boeing 767 at less than the safe wake vortex separation distance." -FlightGlobal.com
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