Overview
- Eight people were aboard the Beechcraft King Air on a humanitarian mission coordinated with the Michou y Mau Foundation to bring a pediatric burn patient to Shriners Children’s in Galveston.
- Mexico’s Navy said two people survived and are in stable condition after the last missing person was found dead on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to six.
- The aircraft went down near the Galveston Causeway during approach to Scholes International Airport, where nearby boaters and officers pulled survivors from the wreckage.
- The NTSB and FAA are examining recovered wreckage and records with support from the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas authorities, while Mexico’s Navy coordinates with consular officials.
- Investigators are reviewing low-visibility conditions and a roughly 10-minute loss of communications reported by Mexico’s president, but the cause has not been determined.