Honduras Air accident: the gloomy discovery of fishermen while finding ‘bodies floating’ while survivors shout

A fisherman has described seeing bodies floating in the water after a plane crashed just 330 feet from its boat on the island of Roatán, Honduras, leaving 12 people dead

A local fisherman described the shocking moment that he witnessed a plane crash to the sea, killing 12 people.

Eight passengers and three crew members died When the plane went down the coast of the island of Roatán, Honduras on Monday. The singer and songwriter and politic plane. It was reported that a French citizen was one of the survivors of the convicted flight, who immersed himself in the sea while heading to the CEIBA airport in the continent. A place fishing Boat was the first in the accident scene, before the police and emergency services later joined in their efforts to rescue the survivors of the water.

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The dramatic images shared on social networks showed the people taken to the shore on the stretchers late on the shirt, since another boat illuminated the scene with a brilliant light from the torch. One of the fishermen, Manuel Alemán, said he saw that the plane went down to only 330 feet from his boat.

He and his crew quickly sailed to the scene, where they saw the light plane divided into two bodies of the victims floating among the floating remains. As they approached, the fishermen heard the cries of the surviving passengers and were able to rescue four “terrified” people on board.

Alemán told the press newspaper: “The plane broke into two on the impact. The furniture, bodies and injured people floated. They only asked to be taken out of the water; they were terrified. We rescued three women and a man.”

Rescue efforts were hindered by rocky terrain and little visibility in the area. Local Firefighters Captain Franklin Borjas said: “It has been difficult to access the accident (site) because there are 30 meters (98 feet) of rocks, and you cannot get there while walking or swim.

“The divers who help with the rescue have zero visibility.” The victims were taken from Roatán to a morgue in San Pedro Sula, a city in the continent.

Taxes have been paid to Aurelio Martínez Suazo, who was a former member of the Congress of Honduras and member of the Garifuna ethnic group, which is of mixed African and indigenous inheritance. Before his political career, Martinez Suazo was a member of a popular band that played traditional Garifuna music, and his first solo album “Garifuna Soul” took him touring the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and around the United States. world.

His nephew Angel Aparicio Fernández Martínez, who had played with his uncle, said Tuesday: “We are devastated. He was the family’s pillar. He was the best Garifuna music model in a world stage.”

The National Police confirmed the number of deaths in a statement in social networks. They said: “We are present in the rescue of the people affected in this plane accident. 12 people dead and five lives after the plane crash in Roatán at this time, there is only one body to recover and the rescue equipment continues their work.”

The officials published heartbreaking images that showed rescue teams while saving the survivors of drowning. In the clip, the officers formed a line when the victims were transmitted to each other and took them out of the sea.

According to the country’s transport minister, the remains were discovered about 1 km from the coast of the island. The shocking images showed the sequels of the disaster while emergency services rushed to the scene.