Five of
them foreigners including the pilot
died on Saturday when their private plane crashed into the sea shortly after
taking off from Roatán island, a tourist destination on the Atlantic coast of
Honduras, local authorities said. Officials gave conflicting accounts of the victims’
nationalities. Armed forces spokesman Jose Domingo Meza said four of the
victims were from the United States and the fifth victim’s nationality had yet
to be determined. Local emergency services initially said the victims included
four Canadians and another victim of unknown nationality.Local authorities did
not immediately offer a cause for the accident.The Piper PA-32-260
plane was headed to the tourist port city of Trujillo, about 80 kilometers (49.71 miles) from Roatan, a
picturesque island frequented by tourists from the United States, Canada and
Europe, authorities said.
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