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6 dead, 2 missing in 3 Mexican plane crashes

Mexico City : Three small planes flying in or headed to Mexico have crashed in two days, leaving at least six people dead and two missing.A Mexican-registered Cessna 150 crashed Tuesday afternoon shortly after takeoff


The Coast Guard said in a news release late Tuesday that search crews had found the wreckage about 2 miles (about 3 kilometers) northeast of the airport. It said two deaths were confirmed and a search continued for the two others who were aboard the plane.


On Monday, the pilot and a passenger were killed in the crash of a small plane in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The Civil Aviation Office said the Mexican-registered plane took off from the northern state of Nuevo Leon and crashed in the mountains of Veracruz, just short of its intended destination, the Veracruz state capital of Xalapa.

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