At least five people are dead after a military plane from Mexico crashed into the water Monday afternoon in Galveston County, according to the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston.
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico wrote in a social media post that an aircraft from its department, conducting a medical support mission with the Michou y Mau Foundation, experienced an issue during its approach in Galveston. The foundation, according to its website, helps pediatric burn patients.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard told Houston Public Media that eight people were believed to have been on board the plane when it crashed at about 3:17 p.m. Monday just west of the Galveston Causeway, which connects the island to the mainland to the north…