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Delta and Aeromexico jets nearly collide at Mexico City airport
An Aeromexico plane nearly collided with a Delta Air Lines plane while landing in Mexico City on Monday. FlightRadar24 data shows Aeromexico Flight 1631 flew over Delta Flight 590 on runway 5R at Mexico's Benito Juarez International Airport before proceeding to land ahead of it on the same runway. The two aircraft were just 200 feet apart, according to data from FlightRadar24. Delta Air Lines said the Atlanta-bound flight with 150 people onboard was on its takeoff roll when the crew aborted after observing "another aircraft landing in front of their aircraft on the same runway." Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: Planes of Mexican airline Aeromexico taxi at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, May 3, 2025. MORE: FAA says it will investigate incident between SkyWest jet and B-52 In air traffic control recordings, the Delta pilot can be heard saying, "We are holding on the runway" followed by someone saying, "Wow" and "Increíble." (Spanish for "incredible.") It is unclear if that was said by a nearby pilot or a controller. The Delta plane had reached a speed of approximately 60 miles per hour before it stopped. The Delta jet returned to its gate before finally departing to its destination later that morning. "There are parallel runways at Mexico City. So we don't know if the controller told the Aeromexico aircraft to land on the left-hand and not the right-hand runway where the Delta jet was," said Steve Ganyard, an ABC News aviation contributor and former fighter pilot. "We also don't know, perhaps the tower controller didn't understand that they had cleared the Aeromexico aircraft to land while simultaneously clearing the Delta jet to take off." MORE: Air India captain may have shut off fuel ahead of deadly crash, WSJ reports In a statement to ABC, Delta said, "Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated. We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta's extensive training." Aeromexico said the airline is working closely with the authorities as they conduct a detailed investigation of the incident. "At Aeromexico, the safety of our customers and employees is, and will always be, our highest priority," the airline said in a statement. As authorities investigate the incident, aviation experts say they will consider whether there was a communication failure. "It seems pretty clear that there was a failure to communicate, either with the tower controllers clearing it to aircraft for takeoff at the same time they cleared one to land, or perhaps they weren't clear with a landing aircraft which runway -- left or right -- it should have been landing on," said Ganyard. "But somewhere it was a failure to communicate." The Mexican Aviation Authority did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for a comment.
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Mexican telecoms giant America Movil swings to profit in Q2
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil ( opens new tab on Tuesday reported a swing to a net profit in the second quarter compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 22.28 billion pesos ($1.19 billion). Revenues of the company, controlled by the family of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, came in at 233.79 billion pesos for the period, up 14% year on year. ($1 = 18.7654 pesos at end-June)
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4 hours ago
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Mexico expects to resolve aviation dispute with US within days
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexico is planning on compromising with the U.S. over sticking points on aviation, the nation's president said on Tuesday, with one airline predicting that an agreement would come in the next few days. On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Transportation rolled out orders requiring Mexican airlines to submit flight schedules and threatening to reject requests if the Mexican government did not address U.S. concerns over flight changes in Mexico City. U.S. officials also proposed scrapping antitrust immunity for the joint venture between Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), opens new tab and Aeromexico to address competitive issues. The two have requested an extension through September 2 to respond to the proposal. "We feel tremendously confident that the solution is going to be here in the next few days," low-cost carrier Volaris' CEO, Enrique Beltranena, told analysts a day after meeting with Mexico's transportation ministry. Mexico and the U.S. are beginning negotiations and some compromises could be made, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday. Washington "is making a set of particular requests," Sheinbaum said. "We're analyzing them to see whether they can be addressed or whether an alternative can be proposed." The U.S. has expressed concern about the decision by Mexico's previous administration to move cargo flights from the main capital airport to a newer, farther-away site while also cutting passenger flight slots. Sheinbaum did not specify what the U.S. requests were. She said the new airport where flights were moved - the Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) - was also a solution. Sheinbaum's mentor, former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, overhauled the capital airspace during his term, arguing that the main airport was overcrowded and that the AIFA, which he had built, would alleviate the pressure. Cargo carriers have complained about the swap, with the AIFA already at full capacity for cargo handling and in need of an expansion. Meanwhile passenger satisfaction regarding transportation to the distant site remains around 60%, according to a government presentation last week. Still, Beltranena said he remained "confident that both governments will reach a logical and mutually beneficial agreement."
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4 hours ago
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Mexican broadcaster Televisa flips to profit in second quarter
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa ( opens new tab on Tuesday reported a net profit of 474.5 million pesos ($25.3 million) for the second quarter, landing in the black after logging a 25.6 million peso loss in the year-ago period. Revenues slid 6%, meanwhile, to 14.73 billion pesos, in line with the estimate from analysts polled by LSEG. ($1 = 18.7654 pesos at end-June)
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AeroMéxico plane nearly lands on top of Delta Air Lines 737 taking off
Two planes nearly collided on the runway in Mexico City on Monday, as an AeroMéxico regional jet coming in for landing flew over and touched down in front of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 jet already beginning to take off. Delta Flight 590 was starting to roll down the runway at Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez with 144 customers and six crew members on board when the pilots saw another plane land directly in front of it, the airline said in a statement. Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 shows AeroMéxico Connect flight 1631, an Embraer 190 regional jet, flew less than 200 feet over the moving Delta plane then landed in front of them on runway 5R. The pilots stopped the takeoff and returned to the terminal. The plane eventually took off on its flight to Atlanta about three hours late. Delta said it reported the incident to Mexican aviation authorities, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board in the United States. 'Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated,' the airline said in a statement. 'We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta's extensive training.' AeroMéxico and the Mexican civil aviation authority did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded by the FAA in May 2021 for non-compliance with minimum international safety standards. The top level 'category one' status was restored in September of 2023 after, 'the FAA provided expertise and resources via technical assistance… to resolve the safety issues that led to the downgrade,' the agency said at the time. CNN's Alexandra Skores contributed to this report. Solve the daily Crossword
