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	Taesa Flight 725 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		TAESA Flight 725 covered the Tijuana–Mexico City route with a stop in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico.
		On November 9, 1999, flight 725 went down a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City.
		TAESA's operation license was suspended due to the incident, which prompted inquiries regarding the airline's safety and maintenance procedures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taesa_Flight_725 (96 words)

	air disasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TAESA Flight 725 was carrying 13 passengers and five crew members when it crashed about five minutes after taking off from Uruapan in the state of Michoacan around 7 p.m.
		TAESA spokesman Eduardo Cacho said at a news conference that the cause of the accident is under investigation.
		TAESA was founded in 1988 as an air taxi and expanded to commercial operations in 1991, using low cost fares to challenge established Mexican carriers.
	www.aircrash.freeola.com /new%20pages/no2/209.htm (652 words)

	CBS News \| 18 Killed In Mexico Plane Crash \| December 13, 1999 05:19:25
		TAESA flight 725 had taken off Tuesday from the western border city of Tijuana with 91 passengers aboard.
		TAESA spokesman Eduardo Cacho, speaking at a news conference, said the airline was not aware of any maintenance problems during the day.
		TAESA was founded in 1989 as an executive air charter service and it expanded to commercial operations in 1991, using cut-rate fares to challenge established carriers Mexicana and Aeromexico.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/11/10/world/main69747.shtml (580 words)

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	ASN Accident description 09 NOV 1999 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31F XA-TKN
		The DC-9 carried out the TAESA flight 725 Tijuana-Guadalajara-Uruapan-Mexico City was scheduled to depart from Uruapan at 18:25 for the final 45-minute leg.
		The airplane impacted the ground in a nose low attitude on a heading of 110 degrees in an avocado grove located on the east side of the departure course, 3.3 DME miles south of the airport.
		Prior to entering service with TAESA June 1998, the aircraft had been used by NASA and was modified to support the reduced-gravity mission.
	aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=19991109-0 (223 words)

	Airport News, "Mexico grounds troubled budget airline"
		Taesa Flight 725 crashed into an avocado grove shortly after taking off from the western city of Uruapan, 185 miles from Mexico City, on Nov. 9, killing all 18 on board.
		Taesa recently acknowledged it had been forced to cancel more than a dozen flights because it was an aircraft short.
		Local media reported this week that two Taesa flights had had to return to the airports they took off from because of mechanical problems -- one on Saturday in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco and another on Sunday in the Caribbean holiday destination of Cancun.
	archives.californiaaviation.org /airport/msg03831.html (441 words)

	Flight recorders found in wreck of Mexican jet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Meanwhile, flight attendants claimed yesterday that the airplane had a history of mechanical problems.
		Flight 725 originated from the western border city of Tijuana on Tuesday with 91 passengers aboard, Taesa officials said.
		The caretaker of the avocado plantation, Felipe Guzman, told the government news agency Notimex that the rear of the plane was on fire as it hit the ground.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/mexi111.shtml (320 words)

	World: Flight attendants allege safety problems in Mexican plane before crash
		Flight 725 originated Tuesday from the western border city of Tijuana with 91 passengers aboard.
		Taesa was quoted by the government news agency Notimex as saying the plane was in perfect mechanical condition, and that its engines had recently been overhauled.
		ASSA representatives said nearly 100 flight attendants were fired from Taesa after voting in March to leave the pro-government Confederation of Mexican Workers, or CTM, to join the independent ASSA, which represents flight attendants at Mexico's Aeromexico and Mexicana airlines.
	portsmouthherald.com /1999news/11_11_w1.htm (613 words)

	NewStandard: 11/11/99
		Taesa spokesman Eduardo Cacho said the airline was not aware of any maintenance problems.
		Because it was a domestic flight, the airline did not record the nationalities of the passengers.
		Taesa -- the commercial name for Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos -- was founded in 1989 as an executive air charter service, but expanded to commercial operations in 1991, using aggressively low fares to challenge established carriers Mexicana and Aeromexico.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-99/11-11-99/a06wn023.htm (416 words)

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		AirAsia's Flight AK104 skidded at 5.10pm Sunday and veered to the left of the runway after it touched down amid a heavy downpour.
		The airline began installing the Taser devices in its fleet in 2002 for flights excluding U.S. airspace, although it would not divulge whether pilots, flight attendants, or both had been trained in their use.
	www.grangier.fr /news/journal-2004-11-09.txt (3119 words)

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		The plane, a 29-year-old twin-engine jet, was flying from Uruapan, about 185 miles (300 km) west of Mexico City, to the capital on a scheduled flight operated by private Mexican airline Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos (Taesa).
		Taesa officials declined to confirm whether 13 passengers and five crew on board the plane had died.
		Taesa is a privately held airline, founded in 1988, which operates passenger flights to U.S. cities Chicago, Oakland and New York, and to 25 cities across Mexico.
	members.aol.com /phikent/orbit/mexcrash.htm (545 words)

	Airport News, "The Air Bulletin"
		CRASHED MEXICAN DC-9 SAID TO BE UNSAFE Mexican pilots and flight attendants claim they had warned authorities about the poor safety record of the DC-9 that crashed on November 9 and of the airline that operated it but the carrier responded the plane had undergone a recent overhaul and met all safety standards.
		Taesa’s flight 725 crashed minutes after take off from Urupan (Mexico) en route to Mexico City, killing all 18 people on board.
		In September 1999, it had published a report accusing Taesa and three other airlines of flying “junk planes,” adding the aircraft’s safety was so neglected it would not be allowed to fly in the United States.
	archives.californiaaviation.org /airport/msg03536.html (3322 words)

	AIRMANSHIP
		The same plane was involved in an incident on December 7, 1992 when it departed controlled flight 20 nm E of Japan and sustained damage to the left and right outboard elevator skin assemblies, portions of which separated from the airplane.
		The flight was cleared to climb to FL 330 and enter Oceanic Airspace en route to Cairo.
		The altitude profiles portrayed by the radar data and the flight data recorder appear to be consistent.
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	TAESA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		TAESA, Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos, SA was a low-cost Mexican airline.
		The Taesa Flight 725 accident was a major factor in the airline's demise, along with increasing competition and the airline's lack of profitability due to low prices.
		This page was last modified 17:45, 17 June 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/TAESA (76 words)

	Airport News, "The Air Bulletin"
		The three partners plan to gradually expand their agreement to connecting flights serving 100 destinations by the end of 2000, compared with 45 destinations in the code share agreement with Delta.
		Taesa flight 725 crashed into an avocado grove shortly after taking off from Uruapan en route to Mexico City, killing all 18 on board.
		Taesa flight attendants claim the DC-9 had a history of mechanical problems and its engines leaked oil and allege the company kept two separate maintenance records, one a whitewashed version presented to authorities and the other an accurate account of all problems encountered.
	archives.californiaaviation.org /airport/msg03868.html (3101 words)

	Taesa Flight 725 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taesa Flight 725 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		A (Click link for more info and facts about McDonnell-Douglas) McDonnell-Douglas (Click link for more info and facts about DC-9) DC-9-31 used to fly this route.
		On November 9, 1999, flight 725 went down a few minutes after leaving the (Click link for more info and facts about Uruapan) Uruapan airport en-route to
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ta/Taesa_Flight_725.htm (106 words)

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		The aircraft, operated by Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos S.A. (TAESA), as Flight number 725, was on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Uruapan to Mexico City (MEX).
		The airline transport rated captain, the first officer, the 3 flight attendants, and the 13 passengers aboard the airplane were fatally injured.
		Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight for which an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed.
	www.greenspun.com /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002cjN (1043 words)

	Airliners.net Civil Aviation: Mexicana Increases Frequencies To YVR
		I'm sure the flights will be full, but not that sure if they'll be just season flights or maybe get downgraded to a A319 later on...
		If AeroMexico wants to compete against the new IB, LH and AF flights they have to be wiser and they should get more B767 200's and 300's.
		About the GDL-YVR flight, I also live in Guadalajara, and I think It will be a great opportunity for both countries to increase their commerce.
	www.airliners.net /discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1101479 (3892 words)

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		Flight 606, a Boeing 757 with 188 passengers and eight crew members aboard, was diverted several hours into the flight, which departed from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 2:25 p.m, said Minnette Velez, a spokeswoman in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		The head flight attendant claimed that this was only the second time in her 29 years of service that something this serious had happened.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/Breaking_News/Snippets_/snippets6.html (10906 words)

	AIRLINE AND WEATHER TRAGEDIES AND THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE
		I think of the poor Egyptian family of the copilot that it is now being said took his own life and killed all of those other passengers in an act of terrorism.
		In the Egyptian aircrash it was reported (according to the flight and voice recorders) that the airliner was being controlled by the copilot.
		Either the static electricity from the flight down or the "dragging" of the upper field downward causes a great current to build up over the skin of the ship.
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	FlyerTalk Forums - Taesa Air of Mexico Crashes near Uruapan killing 18
		A Taesa Airline DC-9 plane, scheduled flight 725 crashed shortly after takeoff at Uruapan, about 185 miles west of Mexico City.
		In September Mexican aviation safety was criticised bt the pilots union, ASPA, which had accused Taesa of flying unsafe "scrap metal" and further claimed nearly one in three would clearly be barred from the entering the US for these safety concerns.
		Today cash strapped Taesa acknowledged that two more of its aging DC-9 jets were forced to turn back after encountering mechanical difficulties over the weekend according to AP.
	www.flyertalk.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-258687 (380 words)

	Encyclopedia: Taesa Flight 725 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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	Airliners.net Civil Aviation: Low Cost Airlines In Latin America
		Or what TAESA on one side and AM and MX on the other did to each other in Mexico.
		Since its first flight in November 1995, the airline has grown from a Luton base offering two routes from Luton to Glasgow and Edinburgh, served by two Boeing 737 aircraft, to one that offers 109 routes from 38 European airports, operating 67 aircraft (April 2003).
		There won't be soon any long-haul LC flights market in Latin America, this market is nowadays used as charter flights, with no scheduled time but yes regularly.
	www.airliners.net /discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1461109 (5664 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		All 18 people on board were killed when a DC-9 passenger aircraft on a domestic flight crashed minutes after take-off from an airport in Central Mexico yesterday, local Government officials said.
		The plane, a 29-year-old twin-engine jet, was flying from Uruapan, about 300 km West of Mexico City, to the capital on a scheduled flight operated by private Mexican Airline Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos (TAESA).
		The Polish Pope, who looked exceptionally weak during the last part of the trip in Georgia and suffered from chills because of the change in time zone and temperatures, was expected to rest before resuming his public activities.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /99nov11/inter.htm (2598 words)

	AP Online: Mexico Plane Crash Kills 18@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Officials gave conflicting information about whether the plane exploded in flight or first struck the ground.
		The accident occurred shortly after TAESA flight 725 took off from the airport in Uruapan in the state of Michoacan, 180 miles west of Mexico City.
		Inspector Juan Alfonso Lara of the state civil protection agency said the plane apparently exploded in the air.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:24608997&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (171 words)

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		VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- They were part-time soldiers, men who gave up weeks every year to prepare for their mission of construction work on short notice anywhere in the world for military and humanitarian purposes.
		But the 18 members of the Virginia Air National Guard's 203rd Red Horse Flight who died in a plane crash Saturday in Georgia also were very much part of their communities.
		After stopping in Guadalajara and Uruapan, it had only 13 passengers and five crew members aboard as it headed to Mexico City, 180 miles (290 kilometers) to the east.
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	Terra - Noticias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		La aeronave de Taesa, que cubría el vuelo 725 (Tijuana, Guadalajara, Uruapan, Distrito Federal y en el que murieron 18 personas) tenía entre otros problemas: fuga de aceite excesiva en motores, puertas que permitían la fuga de presión y presurización deficiente.
		La Asociación de Azafatas (Association of Flight Attendants, AFA) presentó su queja contra Taesa ante la Oficina Nacional Administrativa, entidad que opera en el seno del Departamento del Trabajo para resolver las disputas laborales en los países que integran el Tratado de Libre Comercio.
		Para la lideresa mexicana, es preocupante que Taesa siga volando, y recordó que hace ocho meses hubo un conflicto sindical en esa empresa que terminó con el despido de los sobrecargos sindicalizados.
	www.terra.com.mx /noticias/articulo/020427/pagina8.htm (632 words)

	Airliners.net Trip Reports: DUB-AGP-DUB First Choice Airways
		Our departure time was quite early at 0500 for this flight to Madrid via Málaga where I would be getting off.
		The film Big Fish was screened during the flight making a change from the usual sitcom rubbish that is screened.
		G-CPEP was delivered to TAESA in October 1991 and later flew with Venus (of Greece), Air Transat and British Airways.
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