Mexico: 13 killed in private jet crash

DN Bureau

Thirteen people were killed on Tuesday in a private jet crash in northern Mexico, authorities said.

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Coahuila: Thirteen people were killed on Tuesday in a private jet crash in northern Mexico, authorities said.

The jet with 13 people on board, including a family of five, had taken off from Las Vegas.

However, aviation authorities lost contact with the plane two hours after its take off.

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The wreckage of the crashed jet was later found in a remote mountainous zone of Mexico, the government of Mexico's Coahuila state, said in a statement. 

"There were no survivors seen," it said.

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The plane was identified as a Challenger 601 jet manufactured by Canada's Bombardier Inc. The reason for the crash is yet to be known. (ANI)










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