Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 13 APR 2010 |
| Time: | 23:18 |
| Type: | Airbus A300B4-203F |
| Operator: | AeroUnion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union |
| Registration: | XA-TUE |
| C/n / msn: | 078 |
| First flight: | 1979-04-06 (31 years ) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF6-50C2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY) (Mexico)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
| Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY/MMMY), Mexico | |
| Flightnumber: | 302 |
An Airbus A300B4-203F cargo plane, registered XA-TUE, was destroyed when it crashed on final approach to Monterrey-Gen. Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY), Mexico. All five crew members were killed as well as one person on the ground.
AeroUnion Flight 302 had departed Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) on a cargo service to Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) with an en route stop at Monterrey. The flight had been cleared to land at runway 11 when it crashed onto the Avenida Miguel Alemán motorway, almost 2 km short of the runway threshold. It struck a car, killing the driver. Another person was found dead later. The airplane broke up and burst into flames.
Weather (accident time approx 04:18 UTC)
MMMY 140420Z 11012KT 3SM SHRA BKN006 OVC025CB 20/19 A2999 RMK 8/9// SHRAB15 LTGIC [04:20 UTC: Wind 110 degrees at 12 knots; visibility 3 miles; rain showers; broken clouds at 600 ft.; overcast with cumulonimbus at 2,500 ft.; Temperature 20°C; Dew point 19°C; 29.99 in.Hg (1015.6 hPa); Lightning observed (intra-cloud)]
MMMY 140342Z 10014KT 7SM -RA BKN006 BKN025CB OVC050 20/19 A2998 RMK 61105 8/9// HZ LTGIC
Sources:
» Confirman 6 muertos tras avionazo en Monterrey (El Universal)
» Airbus media statement
» Mueren 6 en avionazo en Monterrey (Milenio.com)
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Video/animation
Mexican news broadcast:
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 APR 1979 | F-BVGM | Air France | |
| 02 OCT 1985 | F-BVGM | Air Seychelles | leased |
| 01 MAY 1988 | F-BVGM | Malaysian Air System - MAS | leased |
| 27 MAY 1989 | F-BVGM | Air France | returned |
| 03 MAR 1998 | N828SC | Federal Savings Bank | conversion to cargo plane |
| 27 FEB 1999 | C-FICB | ICC Air Cargo | |
| 12 APR 2002 | XA-TUE | Aero Union | leased |
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport as the crow flies is 709 km (443 miles).
Distance from Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport as the crow flies is 709 km (443 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
