Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Turbulence caused crash that killed Mexico's No. 2

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Investigators have confirmed that turbulence from a larger plane caused the crash of a government jet that killed Mexico's interior secretary and 15 other people a year ago.

Lead government investigator Gilberto Lopez says the pilots of the Learjet 45 were too slow to reduce their speed and came up too close behind a Boeing 767, which was on the same flight path to Mexico City's international airport.

Lopez presented the final report of the investigation at a news conference Tuesday. The findings confirmed preliminary conclusions from last year.

The Learjet 45 plowed into the capital's wealthy Lomas neighborhood Nov. 4, 2008, killing Interior Secretary Juan Camilo, the No. 2 official in the federal government.

2009-11-04     02:41:53 GMT

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