Editing Aeroméxico (section)

==Accidents, incidents and hijackings==
===Aeronaves de México===
* 26 March 1954 near [[Monterrey]], Mexico – ''XA-GUN'' a Douglas DC-3<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19540325-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) XA-GUN Monterrey |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=25 March 1954 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=03251954&reg=XA-GUN&airline=Aeronaves+de+Mexico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103083735/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=03251954&reg=XA-GUN&airline=Aeronaves+de+Mexico |archive-date=3 January 2009 |title=Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 03251954 |publisher=Airdisaster.com |date=25 March 1954 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* 2 June 1958 near [[Guadalajara]], Mexico – ''XA-MEV'', a [[Lockheed L-749 Constellation|Lockheed L-749A Constellation]] operating as [[Aeronaves de México Flight 111|Flight 111]], crashed into La Latilla Mountain, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from [[Guadalajara Airport]], shortly after takeoff for a flight to [[Mexico City]] after the airliner's crew failed to follow the established climb-out procedure for Guadalajara Airport. The crash killed all 45 people on board, and two prominent American scientists – [[Oceanography|oceanographer]] [[Townsend Cromwell]] and [[Fisheries science|fisheries scientist]] [[Bell M. Shimada]] – were among the dead. It was the deadliest aviation accident in Mexican history at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580602-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749A Constellation XA-MEV Guadalajara Airport (GDL)|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://preserveamerica.noaa.gov/week06/shimada_bio.html|title=NOAA and the Preserve America Initiative|website=preserveamerica.noaa.gov|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nvcfoundation.org/newsletter/2008/12/noaa-honors-nisei-with-launch-of-fisheries-vessel-bell-m-shimada/|title=NOAA Honors Nisei with Launch of Fisheries Vessel "Bell M. Shimada"|website=Nvcfoundation.org|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510181649/https://www.nvcfoundation.org/newsletter/2008/12/noaa-honors-nisei-with-launch-of-fisheries-vessel-bell-m-shimada/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580602-1 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749A Constellation XA-MEV Guadalajara Airport (GDL) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=2 June 1958 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06021958&reg=XA-MEV&airline=Aeronaves+de+Mexico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107060230/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06021958&reg=XA-MEV&airline=Aeronaves+de+Mexico |archive-date=7 January 2009 |title=Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 06021958 |publisher=Airdisaster.com |date=2 June 1958 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* 19 January 1961 in New York City ([[John F. Kennedy International Airport|Idlewild]]), USA – [[Aeronaves de México Flight 401|Flight 401]] a Douglas DC-8-21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610119-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-21 XA-XAX New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=19 January 1961 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* 13 August 1966 near [[Acapulco]], Mexico – ''XA-PEI'' a Douglas DC-8-51<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660813-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-51 XA-PEI Acapulco |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=13 August 1966 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* 24 December 1966 [[Lake Texcoco]], Mexico – ''XA-NUS'' a Douglas DC-8-51<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19661224-1 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-51 XA-NUS Lake Texcoco |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=24 December 1966 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* 12 June 1967 near [[La Paz, BCS]], Mexico – XA-FUW a Douglas DC-3A<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670612-1 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3A-197D XA-FUW La Paz |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=12 June 1967 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>

===Aerovías de México (Aeroméxico) ===
* On 20 June 1973, Douglas DC-9-15 ''XA-SOC'' near [[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico, [[Aeroméxico Flight 229]], a daily service from [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] to [[Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport]], crashed into the side of a mountain while on approach, killing all 27 people on board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730620-1 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 XA-SOC Puerto Vallarta Airport (PVR) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=20 June 1973 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* On 2 September 1976, Douglas DC-9-15 ''XA-SOF'' operating as Aeroméxico Flight 152 overran the runway at [[Bajío International Airport|León, Guanajuato-Del Bajío Airport]] where it was damaged beyond repair. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760902-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 XA-SOF Léon Airport (BJX) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=2 September 1976 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* On 11 November 1979, an Aeroméxico DC-10, named "Castillo de Chapultepec" and operating as AM flight 945 from Frankfurt to Mexico City, with a stop-over in Miami, experienced trouble over Luxembourg. The airplane lost almost 12,000 feet of altitude, beginning at 29,800 feet and ending at about 18,000 feet. The crew at first wanted to divert to Madrid but decided to continue the flight to Miami instead. The plane landed in Miami without further incident but upon de-boarding it, crews discovered that a portion of the outboard elevators and of the lower fuselage tail area maintenance access door had fallen off during the flight. There were no injuries to the 311 passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/look.php?report_key=68|title=Event Details|website=www.fss.aero}}</ref>
* On 27 July 1981, [[Aeroméxico Flight 230]] ''XA-DEN'', a Douglas DC-9-32, crashed while landing in [[Chihuahua (city)|Chihuahua]], killing 32 of the 66 people on board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810727-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua Airport (CUU) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=27 July 1981 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* On 8 November 1981, ''[[Aeroméxico Flight 110|XA-DEO]]'', a Douglas DC-9-32 flying from Acapulco to Guadalajara crashed in the mountains of the state of [[Guerrero]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19811108-1 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEO Zihuatanejo |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=8 November 1981 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* On 31 August 1986, [[Aeroméxico Flight 498]], operated with a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32]], was on its final approach into [[Los Angeles International Airport]], United States, when [[Midair collision|it collided]] with a [[Piper PA-28 Archer]] over [[Cerritos, California]]. The resulting crash killed all 67 people on both aircraft and 15 people on the ground in Cerritos.
* On 6 October 2000, Aeroméxico Flight 250 ''N936ML'', a Douglas DC-9-31, overran the runway at [[General Lucio Blanco International Airport]], [[Reynosa]], Mexico, killing 4 people on the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20001006-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N936ML Reynosa-Gen Lucio Blanco Airport (REX) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=6 October 2000 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
* On 9 September 2009, [[Aeroméxico Flight 576]] was hijacked between [[Cancún]] and Mexico City. The hijacking ended in Mexico City with no casualties.
* On 20 May 2017, Aeroméxico Flight 642, a [[Boeing 737-800]], collided with a utility truck at [[Los Angeles International Airport]], injuring 8 people, two of them seriously.<ref name="BNO">{{cite news |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2017/05/aeromexico-plane-collides-with-utility-truck-at-lax-injuring-8/ |title=Aeromexico plane collides with utility truck at LAX, injuring 8 |date=20 May 2017 |work=[[BNO News]] |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>
* On 31 July 2018, [[Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431]] crashed on takeoff from [[Durango International Airport]]. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a [[microburst]]. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/aeromexico-jet-crashes-after-takeoff-in-northern-mexico-officials-say|title=Aeromexico jet crashes after takeoff in northern Mexico, officials say|website=[[Fox News]]|date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* On 5 January 2023, '''Aeroméxico Connect Flight 165''' operated with an [[Embraer 190]], registration code XA-ALW, aborted takeoff from [[Culiacán International Airport]] after being hit by a bullet. The projectile impacted the lower part of the empennage, below the horizontal stabilizer, causing a hydraulic systems failure in the aircraft. Passengers and cabin crew were uninjured. The bullet was shot during a series of clashes between [[Mexican Armed Forces]] and criminal groups in the surroundings of the airport, after a drug cartel leader was captured by Mexican authorities. In the same fashion, two [[Mexican Air Force]] airplanes, a [[B737-800]] and a [[CASA C-295]], which were in the airport were damaged.