| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2008 
SCT Discloses Communication Between Pilot and Control Tower
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Navigation in Mexican Air Space Services (Seneam) director Agustín Arellano ruled out the possibility that the pilot of Learjet 45 in which Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mouriño was traveling had made an emergency call to the control center at Mexico City International Airport.
At a press conference, he said that the audio held at the control center showed that there was no traffic in the airspace preventing the airship’s arrival.
For his part, Communications and Transport Secretary Luis Téllez said that for the first time in the history of Mexican aeronautics, details of the journey and the height at which the crashed plane was flying will be revealed as part of the President's bid to ensure transparency.
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Learjet’s Black Box Being Analyzed in United States: Results Due in a Week
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Analysis to be conducted by experts from agencies and firms specializing in accident zones
Secretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Luis Téllez reported that the black and orange boxes of the plane that crashed in Mexico City on Tuesday are already being analyzed in the United States and the first results will be available in a week.
During a press conference, the SCT secretary announced that specialists from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are already working to help Mexican investigators in the area where the Learjet fell.
He also reported that experts from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, British investigators from Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Learjet and Honeywell are also working to determine the cause of the accident in which Mexican government officials and other persons died. |
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