THIS is the moment an out-of-control plane plummets towards the ground in a horror crash which killed 10 people including three children all under the age of 10.
Terrifying footage shows the jet nose dive through the sky before huge flames and plumes of black smoke erupt from the warehouse.
The youngsters, believed to be members of the same familywere a boy aged four and two girls aged nine and two.
Five adult passengers also died along with two pilots when the private plane smashed into a warehouse on an industrial estate near Mexico’s Toluca Airport, around 12.30pm local time yesterday.
The Cessna Citation III private jet had taken off from the famous Pacific resort of Acapulco half an hour earlier.
Initial local reports said six bodies had been found inside the wreckage of the plane before the confirmed death toll rose to 10.
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A probe into the accident was ongoing today, with investigators said to be focusing on the theory an engine problem was to blame.
In the last conversation between the pilot and air traffic controllers, which has emerged, he could be heard saying: “We’re crashing.”
JetPro, the company operating the air taxi service which has a fleet of 11 jets and four helicopters, has yet to comment.
Servicios Aereos Estrella, the company initially wrongly named as the private jet operator, said in a statement: “We deeply regret the accident that occurred and accompany with respect and solidarity the people and families affected by this terrible event, wishing them strength in these difficult moments.
“We would also like to inform you that the aircraft involved doesn’t belong to Servicios Aereos Estrella and neither is it operated by us.”
The ten people who died have already been fully or partly named.
The pilot was identified locally as Juan Carlos Olivares Casas and his co-pilot as Walding Sanchez Manzano.
The adult passengers killed have been named as Raul Gomez Ruiz, 60; Olga Janine Buenfil Cardone, 60; Gustavo Palomino Olet, 50; Ilse Lizeth Hernandez Tellez, 32; and Raul Gomez Buenfil, 31.
The children who died have only been identified so far by their first names – Raul, four, Natalia, two, and Ximena, nine.
Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen rising into the air after the private jet came down.
Cristobal Castaneda, Minister of Public Security for the State of Mexico which Toluca is part of, said: “Two blocks around the premises the plane crashed into had to be evacuated because of the fuel and gas tanks inside.
“The evacuation was carried out as a precautionary measure.”
Footage from the scene showed the Cessna hit a football pitch near a children’s play area before smashing into the warehouse.
The impact left a gaping hole in its wall with flames leaping out which had to be put out by firefighters.
Miraculously no-one was inside the premises at the time, with local reports pointing to employees having been given the day off.
Toluca Airport, just five miles from the spot where the plane came down, was its final scheduled destination.
Pilot Juan Carlos Olivares Casas was aged 61 and his co-pilot 72.
The passengers killed are understood to have been officially named by Mexican authorities, who kept back the surnames of the children to protect their full identities.