Originally published at: Mexican Navy Medical Plane Crashes in Texas, Killing Five
King Air aircraft was transporting burn patients when it went down in Galveston Bay.
Truly a sad situation! The wreckage was initially found by a father and son out fishing in the bay. They called in the report and approximate location of the crash while they were helping the two survivors into their boat. The wreckage has since been pulled out of the water and the last body recovered.
The Galveston weather this time of year can be very tricky. Not to second guess, but they would have probably been wiser to divert to Hobby airport, about 20 miles inland and finish the trip to the hospital in an ambulance. In the winter and early spring, it is common for Galveston Island to be socked in with sea fog, but a few miles inland it can be partly cloudy and VFR. We once drove to Galveston in early January when the weather in Houston was sunny and warm. As we crossed the causeway onto the island (about 1:00 PM) we drove into a virtual wall of fog. By the time we reached the beach along the seawall, the visibility was less that 1/10 mile and quite chilly.
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