![MEXICO CRASH STUDY FOCUSES ON RUNWAY Indication Is That Lighting Was On by Error on Closed Strip Where the Airliner Went Down - The New York Times MEXICO CRASH STUDY FOCUSES ON RUNWAY Indication Is That Lighting Was On by Error on Closed Strip Where the Airliner Went Down - The New York Times](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1979/11/02/111065119_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
MEXICO CRASH STUDY FOCUSES ON RUNWAY Indication Is That Lighting Was On by Error on Closed Strip Where the Airliner Went Down - The New York Times
WARNING, DISTURBING) Western Airlines Flight 2605 CVR Recording October 31, 1979 - Dailymotion Video
![74 Die in a DC‐10 Crash in Mexico As Pilot Lands on Closed Runway; 74 Die in Mexico City Jetliner Crash; United Press International - The New York Times 74 Die in a DC‐10 Crash in Mexico As Pilot Lands on Closed Runway; 74 Die in Mexico City Jetliner Crash; United Press International - The New York Times](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1979/11/01/111064436_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
74 Die in a DC‐10 Crash in Mexico As Pilot Lands on Closed Runway; 74 Die in Mexico City Jetliner Crash; United Press International - The New York Times
![Air Disasters on Twitter: "#OTD in 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes after landing on a closed runway in fog at Mexico City International Airport. Killing 73. https://t.co/0KGvpcLRUs" / Twitter Air Disasters on Twitter: "#OTD in 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes after landing on a closed runway in fog at Mexico City International Airport. Killing 73. https://t.co/0KGvpcLRUs" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwGEFtIWYAAXp5O.jpg)
Air Disasters on Twitter: "#OTD in 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes after landing on a closed runway in fog at Mexico City International Airport. Killing 73. https://t.co/0KGvpcLRUs" / Twitter
![ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N903WA Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX) ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N903WA Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX)](https://cdn.aviation-safety.net/photos/aircraft/19791031-0-P-1.jpg)
ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N903WA Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX)
![Western Airlines Flight 2605 Crash With CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) | Airline flights, Airlines, Cockpit Western Airlines Flight 2605 Crash With CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) | Airline flights, Airlines, Cockpit](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/64/6e/c1/646ec13d12420d448c78a979ce090c03.jpg)
Western Airlines Flight 2605 Crash With CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) | Airline flights, Airlines, Cockpit
![Today we commemorate the 21st and 42nd anniversaries of the crashes of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 and Western Airlines Flight 2605 respectively. Both aircraft used the wrong runway and collided into vehicles Today we commemorate the 21st and 42nd anniversaries of the crashes of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 and Western Airlines Flight 2605 respectively. Both aircraft used the wrong runway and collided into vehicles](https://preview.redd.it/srlcqmriiww71.png?auto=webp&s=47711bdda668313556ca81da48405d58c3304a83)
Today we commemorate the 21st and 42nd anniversaries of the crashes of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 and Western Airlines Flight 2605 respectively. Both aircraft used the wrong runway and collided into vehicles
![Air Disasters on Twitter: "#OTD in 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes after landing on a closed runway in fog at Mexico City International Airport. Killing 73. https://t.co/0KGvpcLRUs" / Twitter Air Disasters on Twitter: "#OTD in 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes after landing on a closed runway in fog at Mexico City International Airport. Killing 73. https://t.co/0KGvpcLRUs" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwGEFsvWgAAV8y2.jpg)