Deputy minister dies in Honduras crash

A DEPUTY minister, Rodolfo Robelo, is among 14 people reported dead in a plane crash in Honduras, BBC reported Monday. The small commercial plane was on a routine scheduled flight from the coastal city of San Pedro Sula to the capital, Tegucigalpa. Also among those killed was former finance minister Carlos Chahin and a trade union leader, Israel Salinas Jorge Castellanos. An ambulance and helicopters have been dispatched to the site of the crash. But it is said to be a heavily wooded area which may be difficult to reach. The commander of the Air Force said the plane - a Let 410 twin-engine, operated by Central American Airlines - had lost contact with air traffic control in a region south of Tegucigalpa.

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