Honduran President in Small Plane Crash, Not Seriously Injured

A Cessna carrying President Ricardo Maduro went down in the sea off of the resort town of Tela today. The crash is being blamed on mechanical failure.

Although he was taken to a hospital as a precaution, the president and the other three people in the plane (his daughter, the pilot and a friend) suffered only minor scrapes when they evacuated the half-sunk plane. People vacationing at the resort recognized the president and helped him to get out.

The plane was later towed to shore.