Learjet 25 crash, Dec 9, 2012 (7 killed), Iturbide
Learjet 25 accident on December 9, 2012 near Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico with 7 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. Investigators could not establish...
- Date: December 9, 2012
- Aircraft: Learjet 25
- Location: Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined. Investigators could not establish why the aircraft entered the steep descent, and the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator showed no pre-existing damage.
A Learjet 25 chartered to carry singer Jenni Rivera and four others from Monterrey to Toluca left Monterrey in the early morning. It stopped climbing, then went into a steep, near-vertical descent from cruise near Iturbide, Nuevo Leon. All seven people aboard were killed and the debris was spread over about 300 metres.