GALVESTON, Texas – SEMAR, the Secretariat of the Navy in Mexico, has released the names of five people who are confirmed dead after a Mexican Navy aircraft carrying a burn patient crashed in Galveston Bay on Monday. Thick fog on Galveston Causeway (Houston Transtar)Monday evening, the Secretariat of the Navy released the names of the eight people aboard the aircraft, of which five are confirmed dead, one is presumed dead, and two survived. Members of the Mexican Navy who died:Lieutenant A.N. The King Air ANX 1209 aircraft, which belonged to the Mexican Navy, was conducting a medical support mission as part of “Plan Marina” in coordination with the Michou and Mau Foundation. “The aircraft was carrying out a humanitarian mission focused on specialized medical transport, with eight people on board: four naval crew members and four civilians,” the Mexican Navy said.

Source: CNN December 23, 2025 07:56 UTC