A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a 1-year-old medical patient along with seven others, crashed on Monday (Dec 22) near Galveston, killing at least two people, officials said.
Emergency officials rescued four people and were searching for two who were inside the aircraft, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Four of the people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, according to the Navy. It was not immediately clear which ones were missing and which had been killed.
Two of the people aboard were members of the Michou and Mau Foundation, which is a nonprofit that provides aid to Mexican children who have suffered severe burns.
The crash took place on Monday near the base of a causeway near Galveston, along the Texas coast about 80.5km southeast of Houston.
Mexico’s Navy said in a statement that the plane was helping with a medical mission and had an “accident”. It promised to investigate the cause of the crash.
The Navy is helping local authorities with the search and rescue operation, it said in a post on the social media platform X.
Teams from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have arrived at the scene of the crash, the Texas Department of Public Safety said on X.
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said officials from its dive team, crime scene unit, drone unit and patrol were responding to the crash.
“The incident remains under investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available,” the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook, adding that the public should avoid the area so emergency responders can work safely.
Source : https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/texas-galveston-mexican-navy-plane-crash-people-killed-5673981
