Roatan fire captain Franklin Borjas told Reuters the survivors were transported to a nearby hospital while also confirming that the crash took place shortly after the plane's takeoff from the island.

Two aerial firefighting planes the Oklahoma Forest Service called in from a company based in Montana lent a hand tackling a wildfire in Logan County on Monday.

Six people have died after a plane attempted to take off from Roatán Island, just off the coast of Honduras, the local fire chief told ... aircraft crashed into the water shortly after takeoff.

"The operation also involves monitoring by air and extinguishing the forest fire with 'water bombing' near the pineapple plantation in Kampung Cenderawasih. The aircraft had carried out 181 water ...