Honduras: No fatalities reported after US jet splits in half after crash

Firefighters and rescue personnel work at the site of an accident, after a plane went off the runway at Tocontin International airport and collapsed over a busy boulevard in Tegucigalpa on May 22, 2018. At least six US passengers were injured in the accident. (AFP)

A private jet which took off from Austin, Texas crashed off the end of a runway at Tegucigalpa's international airport on Tuesday, splitting the aircraft in two, however, everyone on board reportedly survived.

Firefighters and rescue personnel work at the site of an accident, after a plane went off the runway at Tocontin International airport and collapsed over a busy boulevard in Tegucigalpa on May 22, 2018. (AFP)

Footage shows the aircraft as it lays broken at the end of the runway with emergency workers surrounding the plane.

Remarkably, emergency workers reported that all who were on board survived, though several were injured, with a firefighters' spokesperson reporting that one of the injured was taken by helicopter to a military hospital.

Source: Ruptly


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