Messico: persi contatti radio con aereo con 14 persone a bordo

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Città del Messico, 15 ott. (Adnkronos/Dpa) - Le autorità aeronuatiche messicane hanno perso i contatti radio con un aereo con 14 persone a bordo che sorvolava il nord ovest del Paese. L'aereo, riporta la stampa locale, sarebbe quindi scomparso mentre sorvolava lo stato della Baja California, durante una forte pioggia considerata i primi segnali dell'arrivo della tempesta tropicale Octave, atteso per oggi. L'aereo, della compagnia commerciale locale Guerrero, era decollato a Loreto e doveva atterrare, dopo un volo di 30 minuti, a Ciudad Constitucion.


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Un piccolo aereo con a bordo 14 persone risulta disperso dopo essere decollato ieri mattina dalla città turistica di Loreto, sulla costa pacifica del Messico: zona attualmente interessata da un forte maltempo. Lo rendono noto le autorità locali. "Sappiamo che avevano combustibile sufficiente a due ore di volo, ma abbiamo perso il contatto con l'aereo e non abbiamo nessuna sua notizia", dice il viceministro dei Trasporti dello Stato della Bassa California, Eduardo Avalos. Avalos afferma che il velivolo è decollato alle 9:01 locali (le 17:01 in Italia) da Loreto con destinazione Ciudad Costitucion, sempre in Bassa California, dove sarebbe dovuto atterrare mezzora dopo. Al momento non è stata comunicata la lista dei passeggeri a bordo dell'aereo della compagnia Guerreo, che effettua voli charter tra la Bassa California e i vicini stati di Sinaloa e Sonora, nel nordovest del Messico.

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Mexico plane missing as Tropical Storm Octave nears

A small plane carrying at least 14 people has gone missing in north-western Mexico, according to officials.

The plane disappeared after it took off from Loreto in Baja California Sur state.
Bad weather caused by Tropical Storm Octave, which was approaching the Mexican coast, has reportedly hampered search efforts.

Seven states, including Baja California Sur, have declared a state of alert ahead of the storm.
"A Marine plane was going to go out but the conditions right now are no good for the search," Reuters news agency quoted Carlos Enriquez, head of Baja California Sur emergency services, as saying. "We've suspended things until the conditions change."
The plane was headed for Ciudad Constitucion about 60 miles (97km) south of Loreto, Mr Enriquez said. Efforts to contact the pilot had failed.
There was no immediate information about the passengers on the flight.

David Korenfeld, director general of Mexico's National Water Commission, warned Tropical Storm Octave was expected to bring "significant rainfall" on Monday night into Tuesday.

The storm has maximum sustained winds of 50 miles (85km) per hour,according to the US National Hurricane Center.
It said the storm was expected to weaken and become a tropical depression by the time it nears the Mexican Peninsula.
More than a hundred people died in Mexico as a result of Tropical Storms Manuel and Ingrid last month.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24529050

 

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Preliminary

[TD="class: caption"]Status:[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Date:[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Monday 14 October 2013[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Type:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan [/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Operator:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"] AereoServicio Guerrero [/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Registration:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]XA-TXM[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]C/n / msn:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]208B-0947[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]First flight:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]2002[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Engines:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Crew:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Fatalities: / Occupants:[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Passengers:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Fatalities: / Occupants:[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Total:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Fatalities: / Occupants: 14[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Airplane damage:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Missing[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Airplane fate:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]mis[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Location:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Agua Verde and Tembabichi area, Baja California Sur ( Mexico )[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Phase:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]En route (ENR)[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Nature:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Domestic Scheduled Passenger[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Departure airport:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"] Los Mochis-Federal Airport (LMM/MMLM) , Mexico[/TD]

[TD="class: caption"]Destination airport:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"] Ciudad Constitución Airport (CUA/MMDA) , Mexico[/TD]

Narrative:
Contact with the aircraft was lost during a flight from Loreto to Ciudad Constitucion in Baja California Sur on October 14, 2013. Weather has been a factor in the search covering the Agua Verde and Tembabichi area for the missing aircraft, said to be carrying "..at least 14 people".

Sources:
» El Universal

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20131014-0