A U.S. military cargo plane crashed on a street in Tegucigalpa Tuesday while trying to land at the airport, narrowly missing two gas stations. The U.S. Embassy said two people died and four were injured.
Air traffic controllers said the C-130, which had taken off from Panama, crashed at about 9:30 a.m. and that at least four of the nine people aboard the plane were rescued.Pedro Atala, a businessman who helped pull injured from the crash, said he saw nine people aboard.
The embassy said it was seeking additional details on the accident.
The plane crashed north of the runway, blocking traffic around a normally busy overpass. The plane knocked down power poles as it crashed, cutting electrical power to much of the southern part of the Honduran capital.
There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground.
In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Steve Campbell said the plane was part of the 440th Air Wing based at Howard Air Force Base in Panama.