Mexico City - Monterrey - Los Angeles

On April 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Mexico City - Monterrey - Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Airbus A300, operated by AeroUnion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union, with the event recorded near Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo Nuevo León.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 120.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Mexico City-Benito Juarez Airport on a cargo service to Los Angeles with an intermediate stop in Monterrey, carrying five crew members. On final approach to Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo Airport by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with CB's and sky broken at 600 feet. On short final, while at a distance of 2 km from the runway threshold, the crew was cleared to land on runway 11. Shortly later, the aircraft rolled to the left then crashed on a motorway located 700 metres short of runway. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all five crew members were killed as well as one people in a car.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-TUE, MSN 78, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7910°, -100.3054°.