Multiple fatalities reported as Mexican Navy plane crashes off Texas coast, recovery effort underway

A Mexican Navy craft conducting a aesculapian enactment ngo crashed adjacent the Galveston Causeway successful Texas connected Monday, prompting a multi-agency effect from section instrumentality enforcement and Texas officials arsenic investigators began moving to find the cause.

The Mexican Navy caput said connected X that 1 of the Navy’s planes was conducting a aesculapian ngo successful coordination with the Michou and Mau Foundation erstwhile it experienced an incidental during its attack adjacent Galveston, Texas.

The Mexican Navy said successful a connection that the craft progressive was a King Air ANX 1209.

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Galveston Bay connects Houston, Texas to the Gulf Of Mexico. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2023)

According to the Mexican Navy, 8 radical were connected committee the craft – 4 naval unit members and 4 civilians – erstwhile it crashed during its attack adjacent Galveston.

Search and rescue protocols were instantly activated pursuing the clang successful coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, which has rescued six radical truthful far. Four were recovered alive, portion 2 deaths person been confirmed. Efforts stay underway to rescue 2 further radical inactive believed to beryllium wrong the wreckage, the Mexican Navy said.

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A Mexican Navy craft conducting a aesculapian enactment ngo crashed adjacent the Galveston Causeway, triggering a multi-agency effect and investigation. (Credit: KRIV)

According to the Michou and Mau Foundation’s website, its imaginativeness is to "provide assistance truthful that children with terrible burns person the champion precocious attraction programs and multidisciplinary care."

The Mexican Navy added that hunt and rescue efforts were instantly activated successful coordination with section authorities.

The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said its unit besides responded to the level clang adjacent the basal of the causeway.

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A Mexican Navy craft conducting a aesculapian enactment ngo crashed adjacent the Galveston Causeway, triggering a multi-agency effect and investigation. (Credit: KRIV)

"Sheriff’s Office personnel, including the dive team, transgression country unit, drone portion and patrol are assisting astatine the scene," the sheriff’s bureau said, adding that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is starring the clang probe with the assistance of the sheriff’s bureau and Galveston Police Department.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to DPS and the Michou and Mau Foundation for further accusation astir the crash.

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Search and betterment efforts are underway arsenic the probe continues.

This is simply a processing story.