Five tourists and a pilot have been killed after a private plane crashed into the sea in Honduras.
The light aircraft came down shortly after take-off on Saturday from Roatán island – a popular tourist destination on the Atlantic coast.
Officials gave conflicting accounts of the victims’ nationalities.
Armed forces spokesman Jose Domingo Meza said four of the victims were from the United States and the fifth victim’s nationality was yet to be determined.
However emergency services initially said the victims included four Canadians and another victim of unknown nationality.
Local authorities did not immediately give a cause for the crash.
The Piper PA-32-260 plane was headed to the tourist port city of Trujillo, about 49 miles from Roatán, a picturesque island frequented by tourists from the United States, Canada and Europe, authorities said.
Reuters contributed to this report
