The plane crashed off the island of Caribian killing at least 12 people, including the famous musician Honduran Aurelio Martinez

Officials said at least 12 people, including a famous musician, Tofua, on Monday, when a small plane crashed in the Caribbean afternoon, after they set out from Rawatan Honduran Island. Lanhsa airline left in dark solutions from Rawatan, one of the main tourist destinations of Central America, heading to the port of La Ceba on the mainland in Honduran.

Carlos Badilla, a civil aviation official, said the plane “took a sharp turn to the right of the runway and fell into the water.”

“The plane fell almost on us. I was hunted,” said a fisherman who was not given his name.

The Fire Department said that 12 people were killed in the accident, while five others were rescued.

Dramatic video Social media was published by the national police Rescue workers were shown carrying a survivor on the root on the rock beach. Another video He showed a similar scene, as the police reported that only one body was still missing as the rescue teams continued to search.

Local media reported that Honduran Aurelio Martinez, a famous member of the music scene in Garvona, was among the dead. According to the Kennedy CenterMartinez founded the Lita Arran collection, one of the first GARIFUNA collections to be shown in an internationally distributed album.

Martinez’s music and emotional shows made him the main pillar of the La CIIBA music scene, where he was better loved to accept it on Punta Rock, a high -power pop type full of Garifuna roots that took Central America in the storm in the 1990s, “according to the Kennedy Center.

Among the wounded passengers, Major Wilmer Guerrero of the fire department said that among the injured passengers, a 40 -year -old French citizen who was transferred to a hospital in San Pedro Sola on the mainland, said that among the injured passengers was a 40 -year -old French citizen who was transferred to a hospital in the city of San Pedro Sola on the mainland.

Fifteen passengers were on board, along with pilots and flight attendants, according to the police.

The police statement said that the accident, which occurred about half a mile from the island’s coast, was caused by a “clear mechanical failure” on the British Jetstream 41.

Honduran Chief Castro She said she If it actively activated “an emergency committee consisting of the armed forces, firefighters, and others to help the victims of the accident.