Local media is reporting the loss of 5:
- The airline pilot
- Two "VIP" passengers (presume that they were in Business Class)
- Two young men traveling by vehicle down the onramp from El Pedregal onto the Comunidad Europea Boulevard (squashed by the aircraft).
The roads here in the southern part of the city (airport zone) have just been chaotic because the crash site has partly closed the Comunidad Europea Boulevard.
Originally Posted by
dstan
Added some new links to the OP (deleted Houston Chronicle as that was just the AP story anyways). Note that the AP is reporting 4 or 5 dead; CNN reporting 7.
Additional info is that the plane aborted the first two landing attempts, then touched down halfway down the runway on the third attempt, leaving insufficient room to stop. As noted by AdamS above, AP is reporting that mainline jet traffic will now be moved permanently to Palmerola airport (Sota Cano base), approximately 30 mi north of the city.