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| Fatal crash at Honduras airport | Fatal crash at Honduras airport |
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| A plane landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras has overshot a runway, leaving at least two passengers dead, officials say. | |
| Several people were injured after the plane veered onto a road, crashing into cars in the Honduran capital. | Several people were injured after the plane veered onto a road, crashing into cars in the Honduran capital. |
| TACA airline's Flight 390 was arriving from El Salvador, carrying at least 124 passengers, officials say. | |
| Ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash. Officials say bad weather may have been a factor. | Ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash. Officials say bad weather may have been a factor. |
| The plane was trying to land in foggy weather. | The plane was trying to land in foggy weather. |
| A doctor at the hospital treating the injured named one of the dead passengers as a director of a Central American bank. | |
| The other victim was a pilot, one of the medics said. | |
| Other passengers said they were lucky to survive. | Other passengers said they were lucky to survive. |
| "I am thanking God I am alive - there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio. | "I am thanking God I am alive - there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio. |
| More than 2,000 gallons (7,500 litres) of jet fuel spilled out of the plane, and authorities tried to clear away hundreds of onlookers amid fears of an explosion or fire. |