US Edition3 Dead After Plane Fighting Screwworm Spread Crashes in Southern Mexico
- A Let L-410 Turbolet from Guatemala crashed near Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico on June 6, 2025, killing three crew members.
- A plane involved in efforts to control a screwworm infestation threatening cattle crashed while dispersing sterilized flies, amid ongoing disputes between the US and Mexico over pest management strategies.
- The crash occurred 20 minutes after takeoff due to suspected engine failure, impacting a hillside and destroying 90% of the fuselage.
- Mexico’s aviation authorities assigned 50 investigators to the crash site, recovering most of the wreckage including the black box, which suggested a 70% probability of mechanical failure; meanwhile, families of the victims were compensated with $50,000 each.
- The accident halted 20% of daily fly releases, caused $2 million in damages, and prompted 200 new inspections to address Mexico’s 15% aviation safety gap.
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A plane that dispersed sterile flies against the cattle sweeper worm crashed on Friday at the Mexico-Guatemala border, leaving three dead. READ ALSO: Mexico manages to reduce fentanyl passage to the U.S. by 40% According to the Aztec Foreign Office, the deceased were a Mexican official and two Guatemalan crew members; it also points out that the accident occurred after taking off from Tapachula, Chiapas.
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3 dead after plane fighting screwworm spread crashes in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer died Friday when their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with…
Mexico City.- An aircraft that was working to combat the barber worm collapsed in Tapachula, Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala, with three deaths. "The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Service of Health, Safety and Agro-Food Quality (Senasica), reports on the unfortunate accident that a plane from the Guatemalan company Inversiones 777 S.A., occurred on the border between Mexico and Guatemala in the area of…
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chis.- Three people died burned this morning after the plane that dispersed sterile flies to combat the cattle sweeper worm will collapse in a mountainous area of the Tapachula border region. Guatemala’s General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics reported that on Friday, June 6, an aircraft with Guatemalan license plate TG-TJG suffered an accident in the Tapachula area of Chiapas. He said the aircraft was on board the pilot and c…
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