We broke the story yesterday on both our Facebook and Twitter feeds- the tragic crash of the plane carrying popular Latin singer Jenni Rivera.
Here is the latest:
The 43-year old singer was traveling on board a Learjet 25 (pictured below), number N345MC, which took off from Monterrey at 3:30 a.m. local time and was reported missing about 10 minutes later. It was registered to Starwood Management of Las Vegas, Nevada, according to FAA records. It was built in 1969 and had a current registration through 2015.
Learjet 25, similar to the one Jenni Rivera was traveling aboard
No immediate cause was given for the plane’s crash, but its wreckage was found near the town of Iturbide in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental, where the terrain is very rough. The National Transportation Safety Board has been asked by Mexican authorities to assist in to the investigation of the crash. Witness reports indicate the weather was fine at the time of the crash.
A mangled California driver’s license with Rivera’s name and picture was found in the crash site debris.
Also believed aboard the plane were her publicist, Arturo Rivera, her lawyer, makeup artist and the flight crew.
Rivera sold 15 million records, and recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for “Joyas Prestadas: Banda.” She was nominated for Latin Grammys in 2002, 2008 and 2011.
