A plane carrying 17 people has crashed into the sea in Honduras, killing 12 passengers. The small aircraft plunged into the Caribbean Sea just moments after taking off from tropical Roatán Island.

At least 12 people including a popular musician died Monday when a small plane crashed into the Caribbean sea quickly after taking off from the Honduran island of Roatan, officials said.

At least a dozen people died after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras Monday evening ... from the Juan Manuel Galvez Airport on Roatan Island, according to the country's Civil ...

By Jonathan Wolfe and Mike Ives A small passenger plane crashed seconds after taking off from a Caribbean island near mainland Honduras on Monday, killing all but five of the 17 people on board ...