Wild footage captured the moment a plane plummeted toward the ground — before crashing and killing a beloved Mexican TV host while she took a flying lesson, according to a report.
Debora Estrella and her flying instructor died immediately when the plane crashed in Garcia in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon on Saturday, according to NewsX.
Video captured from the ground shows the small aircraft hurtling low in the sky at high speed seconds before it crashed inside the Parque Industrial Ciudad Mitras.
The 43-year-old and her pilot were both killed in the crash. NX
Debora Estrella seen in an undated photo. NXEstrella, 43, a presenter for Teledario Matutino, and pilot Bryan Leonado Ballesteros Argueta were both killed.
The deadly crash came soon after Estrella posted an Instagram photo from the Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte in Apodaca. “Guess what?” she wrote in Spanish, sharing news of her upcoming flying lesson.
Estrella posted a photo of the plane on Instagram before the fatal crash. NX
Video from the ground captured the moments before the crash. NX
The plane seen after the crash. Nuevo Leon Civil Protection/Newsflash/NXNo other injuries were reported by local officials.
The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics and the state prosecutor’s office have opened investigations into the cause of the crash.
