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Old 01-10-2007, 12:48 PM
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Two Die In Cargo Jet Crash In Mexico

(January 10, 2007)--A Dallas-area aviation company says two of its pilots died in the crash of a jet in Mexico on a cargo flight from Laredo.

Ameristar Jet Charter vice president Stacy Muth says the captain and the first officer were killed in Tuesday night's accident about 15 miles from the Guadalajara airport.

She says the Lear 24 went down in a rural, hilly area.

The wreckage has been located. No one else was on board.

Nobody on the ground was hurt.

Muth says the cause of the crash is sought.

She says the weather was good at the time of the accident.

The names of the pilots weren't immediately released, but Muth says one was from the Dallas area, while the other was from Michigan.

Muth says the plane was hauling one piece of non-hazardous freight to Guadalajara.

She declined to identify the contents.

Muth also told The Associated Press that it was reported to her, by unofficial sources, that there was a post-crash fire.

Addison-based Ameristar Jet Charter is cooperating with Mexican authorities in the investigation.
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Old 01-11-2007, 07:44 AM
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RIP That sucks, I never feel good after hearing about things like this
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A sad day for freight dogs all over the country...
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:44 AM
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Let's see, how many crashes in the last few years has Ameristar had?
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:52 AM
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A guy I work with at SF said the feds were on their way to shut them down....AGAIN!!!
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Very classy Rock Bottom-

Open your eyes and read the article. No accidents since 2001.
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Very classy Rock Bottom-

Open your eyes and read the article. No accidents since 2001.
My eyes are open, MWright. Are yours? http://aviation-safety.net/database/...0919-1&lang=en
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It's always nice to be mislead by the media. Apparently mine were open too, just looking at a steaming pile of BS instead of truth.
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I would have done the same, but I knew that this would be Ameristar's 3rd crash in about 6 or 7 years- thus my investigative sleuthing to make sure.
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It's always nice to be mislead by the media. Apparently mine were open too, just looking at a steaming pile of BS instead of truth.

I was there. That crash did happen in 2003. So for once the media was correct.
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