Plane crash in Honduras leaves at least 6 dead

  At least six people died on Monday in the crash of a twin-engine plane belonging to the company Líneas Aéreas Nacionales de Honduras Sociedad Anónima (Lanhsa), which fell into the sea shortly after leaving the island of Roatan, in the Caribbean, with 17 people on board, an official source reported.

The governor of Roatan, Hugo Varela, told reporters that six deaths have been confirmed in the accident, which occurred after 6:00 p.m. local time.

  The aircraft, as reported earlier by the deputy director of Civil Aeronautics, Jorge Corrales, had taken off bound for the Guillermo Anderson International Airport, in the city of La Ceiba, on the mainland, on the Honduran Caribbean coast.

A minute after taking off, the aircraft made a turn and fell into the sea, the federal official of that Central American country added.

Lifeguards from several institutions and volunteers are involved in the rescue work, which has been hampered by a lack of visibility.

  About the exact number of people who were traveling in the aircraft there are two versions: one that there would be 15 passengers and the 2 pilots, according to the deputy director of Civil Aeronautics, and that of a police officer who indicated that there are 18 passengers, which would indicate an overload of the flight.

A fire department official told reporters that there were still eight people inside the plane.

Streak of aeronautical accidents in the world is prolonged

In the last four months, there have been several significant air accidents in different parts of the world. Among the possible causes of this increase in incidents are human error, adverse weather conditions and mechanical failures. Here are some of the highlights:

American Airlines plane catches fire in Denver

On March 13, an American Airlines plane caught fire at the airport in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. Dozens of passengers of this airline were captured leaving the aircraft through the left wing. Some of those passengers remained in the risk area while firefighters tried to control the fire of the aeronautical device.

Smoke in cabin forces return to Atlanta, USA

On February 24, a Delta Air Lines plane had to return to Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport when smoke was recorded in the flight deck. The events took place during the morning of this Monday. In the face of this accident, the plane whose destination was Columbia, in South Carolina, had to be evacuated.

Plane crash in Arizona, USA

On February 19, 2025, two single-engine Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II aircraft collided at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona, resulting in the deaths of two people.

Plane capsizes in Toronto, Canada

On Feb. 17, a Delta Airlines plane overturned after landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest. The accident left 18 passengers injured, three of them seriously.

U.S. military plane crashes in San Diego, California

On Feb. 12, a U.S. military plane crashed in San Diego Bay near Naval Air Station North Island. Its two crew members were rescued and hospitalized.

Drug traffickers shoot down helicopter in Rio de Janeiro

Also on February 12, a confrontation between police and drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil caused a police helicopter to be hit by a bullet, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The incident blocked two of the city's main thoroughfares.

Vince Neil's plane crashes in Arizona

On February 10, a Learjet 35A had a bad landing and went off the runway at Scottsdale Municipal Airport, Arizona, crashing into a Gulfstream 200 commercial airliner. The accident left one dead and four injured. It should be noted that one of the planes involved in the Scottsdale, Arizona, crash is in the name of singer Vince Neil, lead singer of the band Mötley Crue.

Plane crashes in Sao Paulo, Brazil

On February 7, the crash of a twin-engine King Air plane on a busy avenue in the Brazilian metropolis left two dead, the pilot and his co-pilot, as well as six slightly injured, of which five were on the ground, in a bus stop, while the other injured was a motorcyclist who was driving on the street at the time.

Alaska plane crash kills 10

El 6 de febrero se desplomó un avión Cessna de la aerolínea Bering Air con 10 personas a bordo en el oeste de Alaska y un día después fue localizado. Las autoridades confirmaron la muerte de todas las personas que viajaban en la aeronave.

Accidente de inteligencia en Filipinas

También el 6 de febrero una aeronave que realizaba una misión de inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento en Filipinas se estrelló, dejando cuatro fallecidos.

Chocan aviones en el aeropuerto de Seattle, EU

El 5 de febrero chocó un avión Boeing 787 de Japan Airlines justo en el momento en que llegaba al Aeropuerto Internacional de Seattle – Tacoma (EU), chocó su ala con la cola de un avión 737-800 de Delta Air Lines, el cual se encontraba estacionado previo a su salida a Puerto Vallarta, México. No se reportaron muertos ni heridos.

Se incendia avión en el aeropuerto de Houston, Texas

El 2 de febrero fue evacuado de emergencia un avión Airbus A319 de United Airlines que se empezó a incendiar en el Aeropuerto Intercontinental George Bush, de Houston, luego de que su tripulación reportara un problema en el motor antes del despegue del vuelo que tenía como destino la ciudad de Nueva York. Los pasajeros salieron de la aeronave mediante toboganes y escaleras de emergencia sin que se reportaran lesionados.

Mexican tragedy in Philadelphia

On January 31, a jet that served as an air ambulance crashed in Philadelphia and brought back a Mexican girl, her mother and four other people. All six people on board and one more who was on land died. The minor had received life-saving medical treatment, which had been paid for by international charity.

Air tragedy in Washington

On January 29, 2025, a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the U.S. Army collided with American Eagle Flight 5342, which was about to land at the Washington airport. The plane crash left 67 fatalities (mostly teenagers returning from a skating competition in Kansas), four crew members and three military personnel who were traveling in the helicopter.

Plane crashes in South Sudan

On January 20, a plane carrying 21 people crashed in South Sudan. There was only one survivor, while 20 passengers lost their lives.

Single-engine plane crashes in California

On Jan. 2, a single-engine plane crashed into a warehouse in Fullerton, California, just two minutes after takeoff. The incident left two dead and 19 injured.

Korea's Greatest Air Tragedy

On December 29, 2024, a plane of the low-cost airline Jeju Air crashed, killing 179 people. This tragic event prompted South Korean authorities to initiate rigorous safety inspections of the airline, focusing on problems related to the landing gear.

Plane catches fire upon landing in Canada

On December 28, an Air Canada plane had an accident on Saturday night when it made an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (eastern Canada) due to an error in its landing gear. Then the fire started in the left engine of the plane, but the airport's emergency teams quickly went to the scene, extinguished the flames and immediately evacuated all passengers, without any injuries being reported.

Plane skids at Oslo airport, Norway

On December 28, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the KLM airline skidded and left the runway of the Oslo International Airport, Norway, due to the slippery pavement due to the presence of rain. No casualties were reported.

Emergency landing in Monterrey, Mexico

Also on December 28, an A320 model plane of the Viva Aerobus airline had depressurization problems on flight 2220 from Cancun to Cd. Juárez, just as it was flying over the Gulf of Mexico, but managed to reach the Monterrey International Airport, where its passengers arrived safely to board another aircraft.

Downing of plane in Kazakhstan

On December 26, 2024, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. The Azerbaijani government claimed that the aircraft was hit by a Russian anti-aircraft missile while flying over that country's airspace, coinciding with a Russian air defense operation against Ukrainian drones. Days later, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the mistake.

Plane crashes into the sea in the Emirates

On December 26, two people died when the plane in which they were flying crashed into the sea off the coast of the emirate Ras al Khaimah, in the north of the United Arab Emirates.

Emergency landing in Austria

On December 23, a plane of the Swiss airline Swiss made an emergency landing at the airport of Graz, Austria, after a large amount of smoke accumulated in the cabin of the Airbus A220-300 flying from Bucharest to Zurich, with 74 passengers and five crew members on board. A week later one of the pilots died.

Twin-engine crash in Brazil

On December 22, 2024, a small twin-engine aircraft crashed near the center of the resort city of Gramado, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and all ten people on board died, the National Civil Defense detailed.

Plane crash in Jalisco

On December 22, 2024, a Cessna 207 type plane fell in a wooded area in Quitupan, Jalisco, resulting in the death of seven people, including two minors. Local authorities suggested that a possible failure in the plane's system may have caused the crash.

DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania

On November 25, a DHL Boeing 737 cargo plane crashed in a residential area of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, killing the Spanish pilot, while a crew member was injured and hospitalized. A German citizen and a Lithuanian citizen were also injured and hospitalized.