Five people, including four Americans, were killed when a small plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from an airport in Honduras on Saturday, according to officials. The crash happened off Roatán island, a tourist destination on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the Canadian Citizen who died in a tragic plane crash in Roatán Islands, Honduras. Canadian consular officials in Tegucigalpa, Honduras are in contact with local authorities and are providing consular assistance to the family of the victim,” a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson told CTV. Local authorities in Honduras did not immediately offer a cause for the accident, Reuters reported.

Source: Fox News May 19, 2019 17:01 UTC