Tragic Plane Crash in Texas Claims Five Lives During Medical Mission

Tue Dec 23 2025 23:13:12 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

A Mexican Navy aircraft crashed near Galveston, Texas, resulting in the deaths of five individuals. The plane was involved in a medical mission to transport a burns victim when it went down in poor weather conditions.

A Mexican Navy plane lost its life in the fog near Galveston, Texas, with five fatalities confirmed and one person still missing. The aircraft was on a medical mission for the Michou y Mau Foundation, intended to assist children with severe burns. Local rescue efforts led to the recovery of two survivors, while extensive search operations continue.

At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas, on Monday while transporting a child burns victim.

According to flight tracking website Flight Radar, the plane was last recorded at 15:01 local time (21:01 GMT) over Galveston Bay, near Scholes International Airport.

The aircraft was taking part in a medical mission on behalf of the Michou y Mau Foundation, which provides care to Mexican children with severe burns.

Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy said one person remains missing and two others were rescued alive.

Video footage shared with AP news agency showed the wreckage of the plane in the water, with witnesses and police officers seen entering the water to search the debris.

Sky Decker, a local yacht captain, noted he took two police officers to the site of the nearly submerged plane, before jumping in to find a badly injured woman trapped. I couldn't believe. She had maybe three inches of air gap to breathe in, Decker recounted, describing the conditions as dire due to jet fuel in the water.

Earlier, the Mexican Navy's Secretariat indicated that search and rescue operations were being conducted in co-ordination with the US Coast Guard. Rescuers, including a dive team, were filmed operating in dense fog near Scholes International Airport.

The Michou y Mau Foundation expressed their condolences on X, stating, Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy.

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