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Mexican authorities find wreckage of plane carrying 13 people

By Nicole Chavez, Claudia Dominguez and Elizabeth Plaza, CNN

Updated 2045 GMT (0445 HKT) May 6, 2019

(CNN)The wreckage of a missing private plane carrying 13 people has been found in a mountainous area in the northern state of Coahuila, the state's public security department said.

Mexican authorities have been searching for the private plane after it went missing Sunday on its way to Monterrey, Mexico, from the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Coahuila Gov. Miguel Riquelme said.

A flight plan indicates that 10 passengers and three crew members were aboard, Mexican officials said. The condition of the six women and seven men remains unclear.

Riquelme said the aircraft lost contact after flying over Monclova, Mexico, a city about 111 miles northwest of Monterrey and nearly 114 miles southwest of the United States-Mexico border.

The aircraft's wreckage was located in a remote area near Ocampo, Coahuila, when authorities conducted an aerial survey.

Several law enforcement agencies were on their way to the crash scene Monday.

Coahuila Gov. Miguel Riquelme speaks to reporters Monday about the missing plane.

After leveling off at 37,000 feet, the plane started slightly gaining and losing altitude, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.com. When the plane later climbed to more than 40,000 feet, FlightAware was unable to continue tracking the flight.

The plane's location was last recorded at about 7:40 p.m. Eastern time.

A spokesperson with the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday the agency did not have any information about the flight and referred questions about incidents in Mexico's airspace to local authorities.

The aircraft was described as a Bombardier Challenger 600 series model, according to local media reports.

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Sunday 5 May 2019
Time:	ca 18:40
Type:	Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 601-3A
Operator:	TVPX Aircraft Solutions
Registration:	N601VH
C/n / msn:	5043
First flight:	1989
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Total:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	261 km (163.1 mls) NW of Monclava (   Mexico)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), United States of America
Destination airport:	Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY/MMMY), Mexico

Narrative:
A Canadair Challenger 601-3A corporate jet was reported missing on a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA to Monterrey, Mexico.
The aircraft was chartered to fly an unknown number of passengers from Monterrey to Las Vegas to visit a boxing match. At 14:52 hours local time (21:52 UTC) the aircraft took off from Las Vegas on the return leg to Monterrey. Flight tracking data shows the aircraft en route at a cruising altitude of FL370. At 18:25 local time (23:25 UTC) the aircraft climbs to FL390, which is maintained for about five minutes. The aircraft then climbs towards FL410. The last ADS-B data point recorded by Flightaware is at 18:37 hours at 40,925 feet. The wreckage was reportedly found in a remote part of Mexico with no survivors.

Local media reports that 12, 13, 15 or even 18 persons may have been on board the aircraft. Media are showing a flight plan which shows the names of two crew members and eleven passengers.