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Fatal crash at Honduras airport | |
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A plane landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras has overshot a runway, leaving at least one passenger dead, officials say. | |
Several people were injured after the plane veered onto a road, crashing into cars in the Honduran capital. | |
TACA airline's Flight 390 was arriving from El Salvador. Unconfirmed reports say there were 142 passengers on board. | |
Ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash. Officials say bad weather may have been a factor. | Ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash. Officials say bad weather may have been a factor. |
The plane was trying to land in foggy weather. | The plane was trying to land in foggy weather. |
A doctor at the hospital treating the injured named the dead passenger as a director of a Central American bank. | |
Other passengers said they were lucky to survive. | |
"I am thanking God I am alive - there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio. | "I am thanking God I am alive - there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio. |
Hundreds of onlookers later gathered near the scene of the incident. | Hundreds of onlookers later gathered near the scene of the incident. |