ALERT: Plane carrying valuables for a bank overshoots the runway and runs off a cliff, sending it plummeting into the street below.
A Cuencana Airlines cargo plane was flying into Mariscal Lamar International Airport in Cuenca, Ecuador, when it suffered a severe mechanical failure.
The plane couldn't stop and ran through the airport perimeter before flying off a small cliff.
The Cessna was carrying high-value cash assets belonging to the Central Bank of Ecuador.
The pilot and a crew member were the only 2 passemgers on board and were miraculously uninjured.
🇪🇨 A plane in Ecuador skidded off the runway and crashed onto a road
The Cuencana Airlines flight from Guayaquil to Cuenca ran off the runway while landing at Mariscal La Mar airport, fell onto a road, and hit a light pole.
The aircraft was carrying valuables for Ecuador’s Central Bank. Two people were on board, including the pilot.
No one was hurt.