Aeromexico Plane Gets Shot At By Cartel In Act Of Revenge

Why do you only post about the negative aspects of Mexican aviation? So much good has happened in Mexico and you never talk about it but talk about similar stuff happening in other countries. Here’s a few things you could have talked about instead of just focusing on the negatives. Aeromexico flying from secondary cities to Madrid and from Cancun to sao Paulo in an effort to decentralize Mexico City. Also Aeromexico adding Rome to its route net worth. Or volaris carrying more than 31 million passengers in 2022 making it the busiest airline in all of Latin America by passenger numbers. Or Mexico ending with more than 100 million passengers in 2022, or the Mexican government attempt to buy and reactivate the mexicana airlines brand. Or Aeromexico restring Mexico-Tokyo flights later this year. So much good is going on in Mexico and you only fear monger with the bad stuff that’s few and far between but you make it seem like it’s the only stuff that goes on.

Problem is Mexico doesn't have 2nd amendment. If all the passengers and flight attendants had guns, they would be able to shoot back at the cartel and wouldn't need to duck. Flight would have been able to operate normally.

As someone who was born and raised in Culiacan and still travels there frequently, I'm not shocked at all by the state of the chaos during for the arrest, this is par for the course anytime a high profile cartel member gets arrested. I'm however surprised about the targeting of a commercial aircraft, I wonder if it got caught in the middle of a confrontation. Generally, the cartel doesn't target civilians on purpose. To those ignorant comments about not visiting Mexico due to this chaos, it's not like the "State" of Sinaloa is a popular gringo tourist spot. You'll be fine if you stick with the usual tourist destinations. It would be the equivalent of a European/Asian tourist cancelling his plans to visit New York or LA due to the Sandy Hook shooting. As someone who frequents the whole United States of America and Mexico, I'm still more concerned getting shot in America by a random deranged individual than being targeted by the cartel in Mexico.

That reminds me of the ElAl 432 attack which took place during taxiing at ZRH in 1969 (not that I have personal memories). The Zurich State Police consequently purchased a small tank and accompanies all ElAl flights during taxiing, as well as some other flights at risk. The tank has been replaced about 10 years ago by a more recent model, but the procedure remains the same.

Meanwhile in America gunmen randomly shoot innocent children in their schools. We are not so pure to judge. As wrong as both may be.