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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Delta and Aeromexico jets nearly collide at Mexico City airport
An Aeromexico plane nearly collided with a Delta Air Lines plane while landing in Mexico City on Monday. FlightRadar24 data shows Aeromexico Flight 1631 flew over Delta Flight 590 on runway 5R at Mexico's Benito Juarez International Airport before proceeding to land ahead of it on the same runway. The two aircraft were just 200 feet apart, according to data from FlightRadar24. Delta Air Lines said the Atlanta-bound flight with 150 people onboard was on its takeoff roll when the crew aborted after observing "another aircraft landing in front of their aircraft on the same runway." Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: Planes of Mexican airline Aeromexico taxi at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, May 3, 2025. MORE: FAA says it will investigate incident between SkyWest jet and B-52 In air traffic control recordings, the Delta pilot can be heard saying, "We are holding on the runway" followed by someone saying, "Wow" and "Increíble." (Spanish for "incredible.") It is unclear if that was said by a nearby pilot or a controller. The Delta plane had reached a speed of approximately 60 miles per hour before it stopped. The Delta jet returned to its gate before finally departing to its destination later that morning. "There are parallel runways at Mexico City. So we don't know if the controller told the Aeromexico aircraft to land on the left-hand and not the right-hand runway where the Delta jet was," said Steve Ganyard, an ABC News aviation contributor and former fighter pilot. "We also don't know, perhaps the tower controller didn't understand that they had cleared the Aeromexico aircraft to land while simultaneously clearing the Delta jet to take off." MORE: Air India captain may have shut off fuel ahead of deadly crash, WSJ reports In a statement to ABC, Delta said, "Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated. We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta's extensive training." Aeromexico said the airline is working closely with the authorities as they conduct a detailed investigation of the incident. "At Aeromexico, the safety of our customers and employees is, and will always be, our highest priority," the airline said in a statement. As authorities investigate the incident, aviation experts say they will consider whether there was a communication failure. "It seems pretty clear that there was a failure to communicate, either with the tower controllers clearing it to aircraft for takeoff at the same time they cleared one to land, or perhaps they weren't clear with a landing aircraft which runway -- left or right -- it should have been landing on," said Ganyard. "But somewhere it was a failure to communicate." The Mexican Aviation Authority did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for a comment.
CBS News
22-07-2025
- General
- CBS News
Delta flight forced to hit brakes before takeoff in Mexico City as another jet lands on same runway
A Delta flight had just begun its takeoff roll at Benito Juárez Mexico City International Airport when a regional jet appeared to fly over the plane and land in front of it on the same runway, forcing the Delta pilots to hit the brakes. Aeromexico Flight 1691, arriving from the city of Aguascalientes, touched down on Monday as Atlanta-bound Delta flight 590 was accelerating to initiate takeoff at 7:28 a.m. local time, according to Delta and preliminary flight data from the tracking site flightradar24. The data shows that the Delta Boeing 737-800 reached 62 knots, or about 71 miles per hour, before pilots stopped the plane and halted their takeoff. The Delta pilots exited the runway and returned to the gate, the airline said. The plane received additional fuel and eventually departed for Atlanta at 9:42 a.m. The flight carrying 144 passengers and six crew members landed safely in Atlanta at 3:20 p.m. ET, according to Delta. "Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated. We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta's extensive training," a Delta spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. In the wake of the incident, Delta says it filed reports with the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and Mexico's Federal Civil Aviation Agency, which is the country's aviation regulator. Aeromexico said it is working closely with the corresponding authorities to conduct an investigation. "At Aeromexico, the safety of our customers and employees is, and will always be, our highest priority," the airline's statement said. Mexican aviation authorities had no comment when contacted by CBS News Tuesday. Days before the incident in Mexico, the pilot of a SkyWest flight — which was operating as Delta Connection — apologized to passengers after performing what he described as an "aggressive maneuver" while approaching a runway in Minot, North Dakota, where the plane was set for landing. The pilot said that he had performed the maneuver to avoid a U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber that appeared to be flying along "a converging course" with his plane. The Air Force says its flight crew was in communication with air traffic control but was not told about airliner. SkyWest said the flight, from Minneapolis, had 76 passengers and four crew members on board. The airline and the FAA are investigating the incident.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Haunting video shows how close mayor's aides came to being killed... and the chilling reason they were spared
A never-before-seen video showed an assassin waiting for the arrival of two top aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada before abandoning the scene only to return a week later to execute them in broad daylight. The coldblooded gunman was spotted the morning of May 14 standing on a busy sidewalk in the Mexico City neighborhood of Benito Juarez waiting for Brugada's secretary, Ximena Guzmán, to arrive to pick José Muñoz, the mayor's advisor. Footage obtained by Telediario television crime reporter Carlos Jiménez showed the hired killer with a motorcycle helmet over his head that exposed his face near the steps of an underground passage between Napoleón Street and Calzada de Tlalpan. The executioner, who was wearing light blue jeans and had a green vest with reflectors, appeared to have been making a call with his cell phone and then sending a text message. He later leaned against the wall of a building as he continued to wait for Guzmán to pull up to meet Muñoz. For unknown reasons, Guzmán and Muñoz never arrived at the meeting point, causing the killer to abandoned the task, sparing the duo for the time being. The same gunman returned Tuesday shortly after 7am local time and approached Guzmán, who was sitting inside her stationed Audi, and waited for Muñoz to walk up to open the front passenger door when he opened fire. Guzmán was shot eight times and Muñoz was struck four times, according to Mexico City prosecutor Bertha Alcalde. Authorities have so far seized the abandoned motorcycle, a car and a van that were used to carry out the attack. The car and van were previously reported stolen. Pablo Vázquez, who oversees Mexico City's Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, said in a press conference Wednesday that at least four people participated in the brazen attack. Alcalde described the deadly ambush as 'a direct and highly planned attack, and that those who carried it out had prior experience.' Both Guzmán and Muñoz had worked for Brugada when she was mayor of the borough of Iztapalapa from October 2018 to September 2023, before joining her staff when she became mayor of Mexico's largest city. ASÍ CAZABA a XIMENA y a JOSÉ Es el sicario q los atacó a balazos. Así los esperó el 14 de mayo. A la misma hora y en el mismo lugar. Ximena llegó, pero José no… y el sicario se fue. Nadie lo notó. Ahora lo buscan @FiscaliaCDMX @SSC_CDMX y @SSPCMexico Les cuento #C4EnAlerta — Carlos Jiménez (@c4jimenez) May 22, 2025 'I am deeply saddened by the loss of Ximena and Pepe. I shared many years of longing and struggle with them to transform, first Iztapalapa, and now our great city,' Brugada said in a statement. 'Ximena was a wonderful, tireless, and very kind woman. I knew Pepe almost from childhood; he was one of the most intelligent and responsible people I have ever known. 'Our hearts ache. We in the cabinet are deeply dismayed and in mourning. I wholeheartedly embrace their families, friends, and comrades in struggle. 'We will not rest until justice is done.' Mexican journalist and Telediario host Carlos Jiménez obtained a surveillance video that showed the assassin wanted for murdering Ximena Guzmán and José Muñoz, officials in the administration of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, waiting for the pair the morning of May 14 before he noticed they were not going to arrive and abandoned the scene only to return Tuesday and execute them The murders sent shockwaves through Mexico's capital city, which is widely considered as an oasis of relative security in a country plagued by violence. Brugada's position as mayor makes her the second most powerful politician in the country behind President Claudia Sheinbaum, who previously served as Head of Government for Mexico City. During a press briefing Wednesday, Sheinbaum cautioned against speculating over the assassinations. 'No speculation can be made about yesterday's events,' she said. 'We are guided by the ongoing investigations into what happened [Tuesday].'
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Assassin caught on video in deadly ambush of top Mexican government officials
Surveillance video captured the horrifying moment an assassin opened fire and executed two top aides to Mexico City's mayor on a busy street in broad daylight on Tuesday. The footage showed the suspect approaching the vehicle of Ximena Guzmán, Mayor Clara Brugada's secretary, while she waited to pick up Brugada's adviser José Muñoz in the Mexican capital. The assailant, shown wearing a motorcycle helmet, waited for Muñoz to enter the vehicle when he opened fired. The shooter fired several times through the windshield, striking Guzmán, before turning the gun on Muñoz. The vehicle began to lurch forward before the gunman moved out of the way and fired several more shots through the driver's window, video showed. The suspect then shot at the car's tires before fleeing down the busy thoroughfare in the borough of Benito Juarez. Both Guzmán and Muñoz had worked for Brugada when she was mayor of the borough of Iztapalapa from October 2018 to September 2023, before joining her staff when she became mayor of Mexico's largest city. 'I am deeply saddened by the loss of Ximena and Pepe. I shared many years of longing and struggle with them to transform, first Iztapalapa, and now our great city,' Brugada said in a statement. 'Ximena was a wonderful, tireless, and very kind woman. I knew Pepe almost from childhood; he was one of the most intelligent and responsible people I have ever known. 'Our hearts ache. We in the cabinet are deeply dismayed and in mourning. I wholeheartedly embrace their families, friends, and comrades in struggle. 'We will not rest until justice is done.' The murders sent shockwaves through Mexico's capital, widely regarded as an oasis of relative security in a country plagued by violence. Brugada's position as mayor makes her the second most powerful politician in the country behind President Claudia Sheinbaum, who previously served as Head of Government for Mexico City. During a press briefing Wednesday, Sheinbaum cautioned against speculating over the assassinations. 'No speculation can be made about yesterday's events,' she said. 'We are guided by the ongoing investigations into what happened yesterday.' Political violence has become common in many parts of Mexico, where scores of local political candidates have been assassinated in killings often linked to drug cartels seeking to exert influence. While federal and local authorities have yet to provide a motive for the attack, security experts say it appeared to be a hit carried out by members of organized crime. Mexico City's Ministry of Public Security recovered a motorcycle that was abandoned by suspects near the attack site and also found a vehicle that was left behind in the neighborhood of Iztacalco. Authorities have been searching for a van that may have been used by the suspects. David Saucedo, a public security specialist, told the Associated Press that the attacks were a warning for Brugada. 'It was a harsh message sent to Clara [Brugada], undoubtedly perpetrated by drug traffickers,' Saucedo said. The assassinations come almost five years after Mexico City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch, now Mexico's Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection, was wounded in an assassination attempt that left of his bodyguards and a mother-of-two dead. To carry out the June 26, 2020 attack, an arms trafficker told Mexican newspaper El Universal that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel paid $22,800 for a cache of weapons that included 20 AR-15 rifles and three Barret sniper rifles.
Bloomberg
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Mexico City Mayor's Aides Shot Dead by Attackers on Motorbikes
Two close aides of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were shot dead by assailants on motorbikes, President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters. Brugada's private secretary Ximena Guzman and adviser Jose Munoz were shot at an intersection in the borough of Benito Juaraz in Mexico City, Sheinbaum said on Tuesday, reading from a statement after interrupting her news conference.
