| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 April 2010 |
| Type | Under investigation |
| Site | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 5 + 2 on ground |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A300B4-203F |
| Operator | AeroUnion |
| Tail number | XA-TUE |
| Flight origin | Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1st stopover | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Destination | Los Angeles, United States |
AeroUnion (Aerotransporte de Carga Unión S.A. de C.V.) Flight 302, operated by an Airbus A300B4-203F cargo aircraft, crashed in poor weather on final approach at General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey, Mexico around 23:18 CDT on 13 April 2010, after a flight from Mexico City. All five persons on board were killed, as well as two on the ground.[1][2]
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The aircraft involved was built in 1979 and after service with a number of operators was leased to Aerounión – Aerotransporte de Carga Unión in April 2002 and registered as XA-TUE. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown for 55,200 hours and made 27,600 landings.[3]
At about 23:18 local time on 13 April (04:18 UTC on 14 April),[1] AeroUnion flight 302 executed a missed approach after a landing attempt and crashed,[4] Airbus A300B4F XA-TUE was on a scheduled international freight service from Mexico City International Airport via General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey, to Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles. The flight had been cleared to land at runway 11 when it crashed onto the Avenida Miguel Alemán motorway, almost 2 km short of the runway threshold. It struck a car, killing the driver. The airplane broke up and burst into flames.[1] Among the crew were a father (the captain) and his son.
According to the report of Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano (SENEAM, Services to the Navigation in the Mexican Airspace), there was storm that caused windshear and heavy rain, with a ceiling varying between 500 and 800 feet.[4] The METAR in force at the time of the accident stated visibility of 7 miles with light rain. Cloud cover was "broken" at 2,500 ft, overcast at 5,000. with intra-cloud lightning observed.[1]
The Ministry of Communications and Transportation of Mexico opened an investigation into the accident. Airbus and the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses are assisting the investigation.[3]