DALLAS: A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said.Four of the people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, including a child, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press.

La aeronave llevaba ocho pasajeros, entre ellos un niño afectado por quemaduras, cuando se produjo el accidente en la localidad de Galveston

A Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston kills at least five, including civilians, amid ongoing investigation and search efforts.