Six killed in plane crash in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY: At least six people were killed a er a small plane crashed near the Del Norte International Airport in the northern state of Nuevo Leon in Mexico, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting state civil protection authorities on Thursday.

The plane, with the six people on board, crashed into the inside of a transportation company in the municipality of Cienega de Flores.

Civil Protection Director Miguel Angel Perales told the press that among the deceased were three men and three women. The aircra was a 1972 Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, with a US registration number bound for Laredo, Texas.

Perales also noted, “There is a wounded person from the transport line. He was a tractortrailer operator who was inside one of the tractors that was hit by the plane. The wounded person is in stable condition.”