A 2-year-old child is among at least five people who were killed when a Mexican Navy plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, US Coast Guard officials say. Eight people were on board the plane – four Naval crew members and four civilians, the Mexican Navy confirmed in a statement. The plane had been transporting burn patients, Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen told CNN affiliate KPRC. One person remains unaccounted for, an official with the Coast Guard’s Heartland sector told CNN. And I thought if there’s a woman alive in that plane, she’s not going to be alive for long,” he told CNN.

Source: CNN December 23, 2025 07:21 UTC