Mexican airline Aeromexico fires pilots involved in July crash

Rescue workers and firefighters at the site where an Aeromexico airliner crashed near the airport of Durango, Mexico. [Reuters]

Mexican airline Aeromexico said on Thursday it had dismissed the three pilots on board one of its Embraer 190 planes that crashed in northwest Mexico in late July in bad weather.

The Mexico City-bound jet smashed into scrubland near the runway shortly after take-off from the city of Durango during what passengers described as strong winds, hail and rain. All 103 passengers and crew survived the accident.