Mexican Navy Medical Plane Crash in Texas: 5 Dead in Cross-Border Humanitarian Tragedy
A Mexican Navy plane on a humanitarian mission to transport a child burn victim crashed in Texas, killing at least five people. The incident highlights the complex cross-border cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico.
A Mexican Navy plane on a cross-border humanitarian mission crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas, on Monday, killing at least five people. The aircraft was transporting a child burn victim from Mexico for medical treatment in the United States.
Details of the Incident
Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy confirmed that in addition to the fatalities, one person remains missing and two others were rescued alive. According to flight tracking service Flight Radar, the plane was last recorded at 15:01 local time (21:01 GMT) over Galveston Bay, near Scholes International Airport.
A Cross-Border Lifeline
The flight was a medical mission on behalf of the Michou y Mau Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides specialized care to Mexican children with severe burns. In a statement posted on X, the foundation sent its "deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy."
Rescue Efforts and Eyewitness Accounts
A joint search and rescue operation was launched, with the Mexican Navy Secretariat coordinating with the US Coast Guard. Local yacht captain Sky Decker described the dramatic rescue of a badly injured woman trapped inside the nearly submerged wreckage.
She had maybe three inches of air gap to breathe in... And there was jet fuel in there mixed with the water, fumes real bad. She was really fighting for her life.
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