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🚨BREAKING: The death toll in the Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston has risen to five, with at least one more presumed dead. 

According to the Mexican Consulate and Mexico’s Navy (SEMAR), five people were killed and one person is missing and presumed dead. Two people did somehow survive the crash. 

CONFIRMED DEAD:
• Lt. Víctor Rafael Pérez Hernández – Mexican Navy
• Lt. Juan Iván Zaragoza Flores – Mexican Navy
• Marinero Guadalupe Flores Barranco – Mexican Navy
• Federico Efraín Ramírez Cruz – Patient
• Dr. Juan Alfonso Adame González – Physician

MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD:
• Lt. Luis Enrique Castillo Terrones – Mexican Navy

SURVIVORS:
• Miriam de Jesús Rosas Mancilla – Nurse
• Julia Aracelis Cruz Vera – Patient’s companion

Multiple agencies responded to the crash scene in Galveston Bay.

 

 

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Mexican Navy Medical Flight Crash near Galveston

On December 22, 2025, Flight ANX-1209, a Mexico Navy Beechcraft King Air 350 medical aircraft, departed Merida International Airport in Mexico and was en route to Galveston, Texas.

The aircraft crashed into the water near West Bay/Galveston Bay while approaching Scholes International Airport this afternoon.

Emergency responders, including Galveston Police, Fire, U.S. Coast Guard, and DPS, are actively on scene.

Reports indicate there were eight people on board, including a juvenile burn victim being transported for medical care. Conditions and identities of those on board have not yet been fully confirmed. .

Please keep all affected families and responders in your thoughts. 💛

Damn. That’s sad

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Yeah, as if it wasn’t already horrible to begin with.  Jeez

Not hearing a lot of details but of they clipped the Causeway on approach it had to be due to the heavy fog.  Has been bad the last two days and really never lifted all day today.

It had to be below minimums to land. The sun was out 15 miles up I45. They should have diverted. Very sad. 

22 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Mexico has a navy?

Yea they got uniforms and everything, it’s really great. 

5 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Mexico has a navy?

Not at the rate they've been going lately.

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6 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Mexico has a navy?

If it wasn't the holiday season this would've been the first reply. Decorum can only go so far around here

8 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Mexico has a navy?

They usually work without ships.

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I made a quick drive over the causeway this morning.  Couldn't see any wreckage or debris but there was what looked to be a couple of boats doing search patterns.  

10 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Mexico has a navy?

You think that's crazy. They used to have an entire Gulf

Authorities and volunteers are seen responding to a Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston, Texas on Monday

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The wreckage from the aircraft can be seen floating in the water on Galveston Bay

Galveston Police officers watch the water on Galveston Bay west of the Galveston causeway, as emergency personnel search for a small airplane that went down in the bay in heavy fog

 

Gives a great perspective of the fog.

 

Sky Decker, a professional yacht captain who lives about a mile from the crash site, said he jumped in his boat to see if he could help. 

He said he picked up two police officers who directed him through thick fog to a nearly completely submerged plane. Decker jumped in the water and found a badly injured woman trapped beneath chairs and other debris.

'I couldn't believe. She had maybe three inches of air gap to breathe in,' he said. 'And there was jet fuel in there mixed with the water, fumes real bad. She was really fighting for her life.'

He said he also pulled out a man sitting in front of her who had already died. He described both of them as being dressed in civilian clothes.

Mexico's Marines said in a statement that it is sending 'its deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this tragic accident.'

Preliminary data shows the aircraft disappeared from radar over the bay around 3:02pm with the first 911 call placed at 3:07pm. 

10 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

You think that's crazy. They used to have an entire Gulf

Actually feel bad for laughing at this comment due to the terrible tragedy, but this really made me laugh out loud.


From the flight track it looks like the plane veered to the right just at it was going over the causeway.    IMG_3148.thumb.png.7c67910e36f059483d1168625a5a1ae5.png

Those next few boat rides into Offats are going to be somber.  You go right over it.

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