Honduras plane crash: Private jet splits in half in crash landing

  • 23 May 2018

All on board survived the crash landing of the chartered jet flying from Texas to Honduras.

  • A general view shows rescue workers next to the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft Reuters

    At least six Americans were injured when a plane crash landed in Honduras's capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday morning.

  • Firefighters take cover from firefighting foam applied onto the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters

    The Gulfstream G200 aircraft was on a private flight from Austin, Texas, when it skidded off the runway at Toncontin International Airport.

  • Authorities work in the area where an executive jet plane with US registration crashed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras EPA

    Authorities have given conflicting accounts of how many were on board, some saying six or nine, but a police official did say "Thank God there are no fatalities."

  • Rescue workers recover the luggage from the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway Reuters

    One witness told AFP he helped five men and a woman out of the plane, all of whom were "practically unharmed".

  • A military person climbs on top of the tail end of the collapsed plane AFP/Getty

    The executive jet, which split in half, had veered into a ditch, a Honduran official told local media.

  • A crane lifts the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters

    Surrounded by mountains and with a very short runway, the Toncontin airport is considered one of the world's most treacherous.

  • Forensic technicians and police officers from the Honduran National Police inspect the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft AFP/Getty

    In 2008, a plane of the former airline TACA crashed in nearly the same spot. Five people died in that crash.

  • People observe a trailer transporting the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway Reuters

    The government is constructing a new international airport about 50km (31 miles) away from the capital.

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