- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 09, 1999
Time: 19:03
Location: Near Uruapan, Mexico
Operator: TAESA
Flight #: 725
Route: Uruapan - Mexico City
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Registration: XA-TKN
cn / ln: 47418/570
Aboard: 18   (passengers:13  crew:5)
Fatalities: 18   (passengers:13  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane was on a flight from Tujuana to Mexico City, with stops at Guadalajara and Uruapan. After reaching Uruapan, seventy-eight passengers deplaned.One minute after taking off from Uruapan, the crew declared an emergency without saying what was wrong. A few minutes later the plane went into a steep dive and crashed in a mountainous area 3.3 miles south of the airport. Some witnesses stated the plane was on fire before it hit the ground.
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