Date: 11/7/2008 By ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Two flight recorders from a plane crash that killed Mexico’s No. 2 government official were sent to the U.S. for examination, officials said Thursday, amid widespread speculation — but…
Mexico says jet crash likely accident
Date: 11/5/2008 By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A fiery plane crash into rush-hour traffic claimed the life of the Mexico’s most powerful official after the president, a heavy blow to the government’s escalating battle against drug…
Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
Date: 11/5/2008 By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ One of Mexico’s top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and…
Martinique: Human error likely in ’05 plane crash
Date: 10/9/2008 9:35 PM By RODOLPHE LAMYAssociated Press Writer FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) _ An ongoing investigation into a 2005 plane crash that killed 152 people from Martinique suggests that human error and not faulty maintenance was to blame, the island’s…
Calif. hiker finds ID that appears to be Fossett’s
Date: 10/2/2008 2:29 AM By TRACIE CONE and JULIANA BARBASSAAssociated Press Writers MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) _ Preston Morrow was having a little adventure, wandering off-trail alone to look for a remote mine. He was scrambling down a rugged embankment…
Spanish judge orders plane crash site cleanup
Date: 9/25/2008 12:36 PM By DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) _ A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month’s plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran…