2023 Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Learjet 35 crash

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2023 Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Learjet 35 crash
Bombardier Learjet 35A, Swiss Air-Ambulance JP6176555.jpg
HB-VFB, an aircraft similar to the one involved
Accident
Date1 November 2023 (2023-11-01)
Summary Runway excursion
Sitenear runway 20 at Cuernavaca Airport, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
18°50′06″N99°15′43″W / 18.83500°N 99.26194°W / 18.83500; -99.26194
Aircraft
Aircraft type Learjet 35A
OperatorJet Rescue Air Ambulance
Registration XA-IRE
Flight origin Toluca International Airport, Toluca, Mexico
Destination Cuernavaca Airport, Temixco, Mexico
Occupants4
Passengers2
Crew2
Fatalities4
Survivors0

On 1 November 2023, an air ambulance Learjet 35A crashed at the Cuernavaca Airport in Mexico after a runway excursion on runway 20, killing all four people on board. [1] The aircraft was destroyed instantly after it crashed into the ground and caught fire, causing it to explode.

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Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Learjet 35A manufactured in 1980 in Mexico registered as XA-IRE with serial number 35A-354. It was a business jet being operated as an air ambulance by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. [2] [3]

Passengers and crew

The passengers and crew on the flight consisted of two pilots, a co-pilot and a pilot as well as two passengers, a doctor and a paramedic. [4] The number of people on board the plane was incorrectly announced as five crew. [5] The victims wereidentified as pilot Gerardo Álvarez, co-pilot Roberto Manzano, doctor Lilian Reséndiz and paramedic Mario León. [6]

Accident

On 1 November 2023, the aircraft touched down and was landing on runway 20. The crew of the aircraft initiated the breaking procedures but the plane could not stop, causing it to overrun runway 20 causing it to go into a steep embankment. The aircraft crashed into bushes on a hill in a wooded, mountainous area [7] at 2:15 p.m. local time, causing the plane to catch fire and explode multiple times, burning and killing all four people on board the plane. The crash was not reported until 2:19 p.m. local time and rescue teams arrived 20 minutes after the crash. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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