06/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 17:43 on 06/07/2008 Comments Off
US Jet Airline cargo plane crashes in Mexico - Pilot dead, co-pilot critical (Updated 2)

RAMOS ARIZPE,Coahuila, Mexico (MTN) — A plane carrying a load of auto parts crashed Sunday as it was trying to land in northern Mexico, killing the pilot, Lon Macintosh of Middletown Ohio, and severely injuring the co-pilot, Christopher Martin. The plane crashed before dawn Sunday half a mile (one kilometer) from the runway in Ramos Arizpe, 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of the U.S.-Mexico border, said Segismundo Doguin, the deputy civil defense chief for Coahuila state. The co-pilot received second- and third-degree burns and was in critical condition at a hospital in the nearby city of Saltillo, Doguin said. The ….Read More

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