Wake Turbulence Epilogue

In the news today, Communication and Transportation Secretary Luis Téllez again discussed possible discrepancies with the certification of the pilot of the doomed flight two weeks ago in Mexico city.  (The first instance is mentioned in this past post on the cockpit voice tapes.) To this point, I’ve tried to refrain from giving my own personal [...]

Turbulence & a Learjet

Earlier today, the Secretary of Communication and Transportation Luis Téllez held a press conference to discuss the analysis of the cockpit voice recorder from the first of the black boxes.  The results of the analysis seem to indicate that turbulence, likely caused by the preceding Boeing 767, was the cause of the accident.  In particular, [...]

The Mexican Government Reacts to the Crash

The black boxes from the Learjet arrived back in Mexico this morning.  El Universal reports that Communication and Transportation Secretary Luis Téllez will examine the contents sometime tomorrow (Friday), so I assume that we’ll have an announcement shortly thereafter.  In the mean time, I wanted to continue my running commentary on the reaction to the [...]

Mexican Unions Reacts to the Crash

The pilots and controllers unions here in México have been quite active in their refutation that wake turbulence could have caused the Lear jet to crash last Tuesday.  I wanted to take the time to respond to some of their statements.  While I respect their expertise, I am quite confused by their responses… and I [...]

Mouriño and the cartels

Nina, fellow Fulbrighter and researcher on Mexican government policy, has posted her take on the plane crash, with a great summary of the recent (and violent) history between Mouriño, the Mexican Government, and the drug cartels. With each passing day, I grow more confident that this was just a terrible tragedy.  But as Nina’s discussion [...]

More on the local reaction….

I’ve got nothing new to say, but these interviews (from El Universal / in Spanish) do a good job of capturing the opinions and fears of many other people that I’ve talked to.

Mexico City media coverage of Mouriño/the crash

Links and comments on the ongoing investigation of the crash that killed Mouriño

Why things fly, why they don’t

I’ve been talking to a lot of different people today, mostly chilangos here in el D.F., about yesterday’s air crash and their views.  I need to do a bit more thinking and a lot more listening, but I hope to have something meaningful to say as a commentary on local public opinion, although this may [...]

From fire, destruction

I must admit, the whole course of events from last night still make me dizzy.  For those not in Mexico: the equivalent of the Mexican VP, a man with many enemies, died last night in a plane crash in the center of the city. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/31911.html http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/graficosanimados/EU_avionreforma/ The timing of the crash, at almost the exact [...]