A Lanhsa Airlines aircraft has crashed into the sea near the Caribbean coast of Honduras with 17 people on board, local authorities confirmed. 

The accident happened on March 17, 2025, at 18:16 local time, shortly after the aircraft, a Jetstream 32 with registration HR-AYW, took off from Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (RTB) in Roatan Island. The island is in the Caribbean Sea, about 65 kilometers off the northern coast of Honduras. 

The aircraft was operating commercial flight LNH018 to Golosón International Airport (LCE) on the Honduran mainland. The local civil aviation authority, Agencia Hondureña de Aeronáutica Civil (AHAC), confirmed in a statement that the aircraft plunged into the sea seconds after takeoff.  

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