At least 12 people including a popular international musician died in a plane crash in the Caribbean Sea.
The small plane crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Roatan, Honduras, officials said.
The plane departed from Roatan and headed for the port of La Ceiba on the Honduran mainland.
The aircraft "made a sharp turn to the right of the runway and fell into the water," civil aviation official Carlos Padilla said.
"The plane almost fell on us. I was fishing," a fisherman, whose name was not given, told HCH television.
The fire department said 12 people were killed and five others were rescued.
Roatan fire captain Franklin Borjas told Reuters that survivors were taken to a nearby hospital.
Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez, who is a member of the Garifuna music scene, was killed in the crash.
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