Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Investigators were probing a commercial jetliner crash that killed five people and injured 65 in Honduras, as authorities blocked additional flights from landing at the capital’s notoriously dangerous airport on Saturday.

Investigators from France, El Salvador and the United States “will arrive in the coming hours” for a probe that could last a month or more, TACA chief executive officer Roberto Kriete told The Associated Press.

President Manuel Zelaya issued a statement saying he lamented the accident. The president closed the Toncontin international airport for 48 hours to all traffic except helicopters and small airplanes with a maximum capacity of 42 passengers.

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Tegucigalpa, May 30.- An airplane from TACA Airlines arriving from El Salvador crashed when landing at the Tegucigalpa airport.

At least four people died today, among them, the president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), Harry Brautigam, the pilot and copilot of the aircraft and over 60 people where injured according to official information.

The death of Brautigam of Nicaragua nationality was confirmed by sources from the Hospital Escuela and BCIE in Tegucigalpa.

The pilot was identified as Cesar D’Antonio and the copilot, Juan Artero. The fourth victim has not yet been identified.

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The tropical; storm “Alma” brought torrential rains on Thursday in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and headed towards Honduras where 5 departments where declared in alert including the capital.

The Nicaragua authorities report t least one fisherman deceased, flooded highways, power outage and damages to homes in Port Sandino and other coastal communities in Nicaragua due to the intense rain and strong winds brought by “Alma”.

The rescue groups have also informed that the stretch of the Pan-American Highway that connects Leon and Chinandega on the northeast of Nicaragua is also flooded and several light poles have fallen.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Tropical Storm Alma lashed the coast of Central America with heavy rains and high winds on Thursday after becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Alma had maximum sustained winds near 65 mph (100 kph) and was expected to strengthen to a hurricane before plowing into the northwest corner of Nicaragua late Thursday.

The storm was located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Managua and was moving north at 7 mph (11 kph).

Authorities issued hurricane warnings for the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras. Heavy rains caused flooding in Managua.

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