Five killed after Mexican Navy plane crashes off US coast
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Mexico City: At least five people were killed after a Mexican Navy aircraft crashed in the waters off the US state of Texas while carrying out a medic...
Mexico City: At least five people were killed after a Mexican Navy aircraft crashed in the waters off the US state of Texas while carrying out a medical transport, the navy said Monday.
Eight people were traveling aboard the aircraft, which was on a humanitarian mission, the Mexican Navy Secretariat said in a statement.
Two people survived the crash while five others died, according to the agency, increasing the death toll from two as previously reported.
One person on the flight remains missing, despite search efforts by the US Coast Guard, the secretariat added.
The accident occurred as the aircraft was approaching Galveston, Texas.
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