At least 5 killed after Mexican Navy plane crashes in Texas

At least five people killed afterragedy struck the a small Mexican Navy plane, carrying a young medical patient and seven others, plunged into the waters near Galveston, inTexas coastline.

Among the passengers were four Navy officers and four civilians, including a child. Two of the civilians were members of a nonprofit organisation devoted to providing critical medical transport for Mexican children suffering from severe burns to a Galveston hospital. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The Mexican Navy extended its “deepest condolences” to the grieving families, describing the accident as a heartbreaking loss.

The ill-fated flight went down in Galveston Bay, near the base of the causeway linking Galveston Island to the mainland. Emergency responders and search teams rushed to the scene along the popular stretch of Texas coast, approximately 50 miles southeast of Houston.

The flight was part of a humanitarian mission in collaboration with the Michou and Mau Foundation, which provides emergency transport for children with life-threatening burns to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Galveston. The foundation expressed its grief and solidarity with the families, reaffirming its commitment to sensitive and dignified care for children.

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