At least 12 people were killed after a small plane had been deposited into the Caribbean Sea.
The crash took place minutes that the mainland-bound plane left the Honduran island of Roatan on Monday evening.
The JetStream aircraft that was operated by Honduran Airline Lanhsa wore 14 passengers and three crew members, according to the minister of transport of the country, who said the wreck was found about 0.6 miles off the coast of the island.
A dozen people were killed and five were saved after an 'apparent mechanical failure' sent the plane into the sea, CBS reports.
Cvil Aviation Official Carlos Padilla described how the plane started and 'made a sharp turn to the right of the starting track and fell into the water'.
A fisherman in the water below told HCH television that he barely avoided being beaten.
'The plane almost fell on us. I was fishing, “he explained.
Among the dead was the popular Honduran musician and politician Aurelio Martinez, reports local media.
At least 12 people were killed after a jet stream plane is managed by the Honduran Airline Lanhsa in the Caribbean Sea
The crash took place minutes that the mainland-bound plane left on Monday evening from Honduran Island of Roatan
Among the dead was the popular Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez, local media reports
Martinez, “founded a Garifuna ensemble, Lita Ariran, one of the first Garifuna groups that appeared on an internationally distributed recording,” said the Kennedy Center.
He later went into politics and was selected as a representative of the Honduran National Congress.
The police of Honduran confirmed that the body of at least one crew member had recovered.
Dramatic visual material showed rescue workers who work frantically in the water.
“It was hard to gain access to the accident (site) because there are 30 meters (98 ft) rocks and you can't get there while walking or swimming,” explained Roatan Fire Captain Franklin Borjas.
“Helping the divers with the rescue have no visibility.”
The plane wore 14 passengers and three crew members, according to the Minister of Transport of the Land
Honduran President Xiomara Castro made a statement shortly after the news broke out and said that she has 'immediately activated an emergency operations' committee consists of different agencies.
CBS reports that a 40-year-old French citizen was the wounded who was transferred to a hospital in the city of San Pedro Sula on the mainland.
