2008 Learjet Mexico City Crash XC-VMC

September 14, 2021

Thanks to our patron Chris for reccomending this episode and our friend Kalin for guesting on this epsiode.

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mexico_City_Learjet_crash

https://web.archive.org/web/20190520013604/http://www.sct.gob.mx/uploads/media/Informe_Final_XC-VMC.pdf

Research Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190520013604/http://www.sct.gob.mx/uploads/media/Informe_Final_XC-VMC.pdf

“Accident or Assassination.” Air Disasters , season 8, episode 8, Smithsonian Channel, 11 Feb. 2017.

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