At least 12 people died Monday when a small plane crashed into the sea while taking off from a Caribbean island off Honduras, officials said. Pics/AFP
Updated On: 2025-03-18 04:08 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The aircraft "made a sharp turn to the right of the runway and fell into the water", civil aviation official Carlos Padilla said, according to AFP
"The plane almost fell on us. I was fishing," a fisherman, whose name was not given, told HCH television
The fire department said 12 people were killed in the crash. Five people were rescued, and one is missing
Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez, a popular member of the Garifuna music scene, was among the dead, according to local media reports
One of the injured passengers included a 40-year-old French citizen, who will be transferred to hospital in the city of San Pedro Sula on the mainland, Major Wilmer Guerrero of the fire department said