N523QS NetJets plane: 5 things about Cessna Citation Latitude flight that crashed in Laredo, Texas
A small plane crashed in Laredo, Texas on Tuesday and early reports have claimed it is a Cessna Citation Latitude jet with registration N523QS. The crash took place on the Loop near the Saunders Street / Clark Boulevard area, as per Laredo Police Department.
To be sure, no official confirmation has come about the details of the plane with authorities only saying it is a private flight or a small jet. However, several aviation related pages on social media have claimed that it is a Cessna Citation Latitude jet with registration N523QS, owned by NetJets.
Aviation 24/7, one such page on Facebook, shared photos on the social media platform and noted “Departed From SJD – San Jose del Cabo Airport, Mexico Was Enroute AUS Austin Bergstrom, Texas. Emergency Diversion To Laredo, Texas LRD.”
EnElAire, a Mexican aviation publication also noted “A #CessnaCitationLatitude (#N523QS) from #Netjets, coming from San José del Cabo, suffered an #accident during the final phase of its approach to #Laredo Airport, #Texas,” while sharing a video of the crash.
Local cops have said that people were taken out of the crashed plane but they were alive. Though the cops did not specify the nature or extent of their injuries, they said that the victims of the crash had been moved to a nearby hospital to receive treatment. A Laredo Police Department official noted that nobody on ground had been hurt as a result of the crash.
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A cause for the crash is not known yet and both the NTSB and FAA are expected to conduct their investigations. While authorities keep a close eye on the developing situation, here is all you need to know about the crashed flight.
N523QS NetJets plane: 5 things on Cessna Citation Latitude
- Flight N523QS is a Cessna Citation Latitude (twin-jet) or a C68A as per tracking site, FlightAware.
- The name of the owner it is registered to remains unknown.
- Flight N523QS logged a speed of 491 mph and an altitude of 41,000 ft, and traveled an actual distance of 756 miles and a direct distance of 709 miles.
- Tracking data shows it was diverted when traveling from Baja California Sur, Mexico to Austin and landed in Laredo, but the cause of diversion was not mentioned.
- The N523QS aircraft is part of the NetJets fleet, as per reports. NetJets is the world’s largest private aviation and fractional aircraft ownership company. It was founded in 1964 and later acquired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in 1998. NetJets lets individuals and corporations to buy a share of a private jet rather than purchasing an entire aircraft.