Overview
- Authorities report all 10 people aboard the Cessna Citation — eight passengers and two crew — died after the aircraft went down west of Mexico City.
- The jet departed Acapulco bound for Toluca and, according to local accounts, attempted to land on a football field before striking an industrial warehouse.
- State officials said containers of gasoline and gas were inside the building, prompting evacuations of more than 130 people, yet ground injuries were not reported.
- Media reports indicate three of the victims were children, and surveillance video plus eyewitness statements captured the final moments of the flight.
- Investigators from the state prosecutor’s office have opened a probe into the cause, which remains unknown after reported distress calls from the cockpit.