“I have felt turbulence before but this time it was different. Aeromexico plane crash survivor Alberto Herrera describes fiery scene outside Durango, Mexico, airport. Aeroméxico plane crash video 03:02 "As we started going up the wind started picking up and then the hail started coming down on us. The safety of passengers is no accident.”He added: “The grassy area you see around an airport is not just wasteland, it is deliberately kept free of obstacles such as ditches or power lines. An Aeromexico plane has crashed in the northern Mexican state of Durango after taking off in stormy weather, with all 103 people on board able to escape before the aircraft was engulfed in flames. © 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. But in what appeared to be a remarkable survival story, the authorities said none of the occupants had been killed.The Mexican airline said on its Twitter account that Flight 2431, an Embraer ERJ-190AR jet, had been scheduled to fly from the General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport in the city of Durango to Mexico City. Add your voice! There was another family with three kids and another man whose head was all bloody,” Jackeline Flores, a passenger on the flight, “I feel blessed and grateful to God,” Flores later told Reuters.Alberto Herrera, an American survivor of the crash, described the terrifying ordeal Wednesday during “As the plane was hitting the ground, myself included, we started screaming obscenities because we didn’t know what was going on,” Herrera said. Cell phone videos from inside the aircraft show the plane struggling in harsh weather conditions moments before the crash and timelapse video shows the storm moving over Durango around the time the plane took off. I honestly have no idea how anyone survived," Dorelia Rivera, who was on board Aeroméxico Flight 2431 with her 14-year-old daughter. Aeromexico initially said 97 passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane, but the governor said there were actually 103 people on the plane … She grabbed the only two things she could: her daughter’s hand and the medicine the child needs to stay alive, she said.“Somebody literally pushed her back so they could get through,” Rivera added.Alberto Herrero, from Chicago, told NBC’s "Today" that he escaped from the rear emergency exit of the plane and helped others climb out behind him as the cabin filled with black smoke.“We ended up hitting a hailstorm that caused a lot of turbulence.

“This is a design-based accident that should be survivable. All rights reserved. “We wanted to try to find the nearest exit. MEXICO CITY — An Aeromexico jetliner carrying 103 people crashed in stormy weather shortly after takeoff on Tuesday in Mexico’s north-central state of Durango, according to Mexican officials. "Herrero added: “It’s kind of a miracle we all made it.

A passenger plane has crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state, just moments after take-off. There were no reported deaths.

The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.Shamar Walters, Matthew Devine, Reuters and Associated PressThe Aeroméxico Embraer E190 caught fire but everyone aboard escaped. As we were starting our ascent ... it just brought us back down," he recalled. Aeroméxico Flight 2431, carrying 103 people, crash-landed shortly after taking off from Guadalupe Victoria Durango International Airport, news outlets reported Tuesday. The aircraft attempted to take off in heavy rain during a storm Tuesday afternoon in Durango, Mexico, but crashed into grass near the runway and skidded to a stop before catching fire.None of the 103 people on board — 99 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants — was killed.Authorities said 49 people were hospitalized. Mexican investigators reported both black boxes have been recovered from the crash site.Watch CBS News anytime, anywhere with the our 24/7 digital news network. "I feel blessed and grateful to God," said Jackeline Flores, who escaped with her daughter as the Embraer E190 quickly filled with smoke and flames.Aeroméxico Flight 2431 was bound for Mexico City when the plane was rocked by a gust of wind that caused it to plunge suddenly, said the governor of Durango, José Rosas Aispuro.Both of its engines were knocked off and it plowed through scrubland before coming to a halt 328 yards from the runway, he told reporters.David Gleave, a U.K.-based crash investigator and air safety consultant, said the absence of fatalities reflected the relatively low speed of the impact, as well as decades of work in improving aircraft design.“It’s not a miracle,” he said. Get breaking news alerts and special reports. According to Aeroméxico, so far, 64 people have been released from the hospital. ... Aeromexico plane crash – 49 injured after plane crashes … As I was walking toward the back, I was checking to see if anyone was knocked out or anything or if anyone needed assistance.