A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed on Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said.
Four of the people on board were Navy officers and four were civilians, including a child, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement. Two of the passengers were from a non-profit that provides aid to Mexican children with severe burns, including transports to a Galveston hospital.
US...
At least 5 killed in US after Mexican plane on medical mission crashes in Texas fog
Published 2 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

Related Articles from scmp.com
22 minutes ago
Rare Rafflesia flower rediscovery in Indonesia revives push to drop colonial name
24 minutes ago
Taiwan ramps up security measures for coming holidays after mass stabbing
31 minutes ago
Judges slam lawyers, quash convictions of 11 Hong Kong villagers in ‘ding’ case
34 minutes ago
Economic ‘pragmatism’ powers Indonesians’ positive view of China, survey finds
48 minutes ago
‘Saturation attacks’: drone swarms key for wartime victory, Chinese military outlet says
1 hour ago