Aurelio Martinez, 11 Others Dead in Plane Crash Near Honduras

Aurelio Martinez and 11 others have died after a plane crashed near Honduras.

Late in the evening of March 17, a Lanhsa Airlines plane that had departed from Roatan, a Honduran island, crashed into the Caribbean sea, killing at least 12 people, authorities said. 

“Twelve people dead and five alive after plane crash in Roatan,” Honduras National Police wrote in a statement to X, translated from Spanish. “At this time, only one body remains to be recovered, and rescue teams continue their work.”

Civil Aviation Official Carlos Padilla told CBS News that the aircraft had “made a sharp turn to the right of the runway and fell into the water.

The aforementioned outlet, as well as local outlets in Honduras, further reported that among the passengers was 56-year-old Martinez, a popular member of the Garifuna music scene known by the moniker Aurelio, who was also representative in the Honduran National Congress.