{"id":97916,"date":"2025-12-23T01:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97916\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T01:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:49:19","slug":"at-least-3-dead-after-plane-crashes-near-galveston-causeway-authorities-say-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97916\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 3 dead after plane crashes near Galveston Causeway, authorities say \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/local\/galveston\/2025\/12\/22\/539486\/galveston-plane-crash-causeway-texas-dps\/attachment\/image-82-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-539493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-82-1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"Galveston Causeway Crash Scene\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julianna Washburn\/Houston Public Media<\/p>\n<p>Authorities responded to the scene of a crash involving an aircraft near the Galveston Causeway on Dec. 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>At least three people are dead after a plane crashed into the water Monday afternoon in Galveston County, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/semar_mx\/status\/2003239859864109344?s=46&amp;t=KADmFJh_ClWEIAV6pjqoQw\" rel=\"nofollow\">social media post<\/a> that an aircraft from its department, conducting a medical support mission with the Michou y Mau Foundation, experienced an issue during its approach in Galveston. The foundation, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionmichouymau.mx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, helps pediatric burn patients.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Coast Guard told Houston Public Media that eight people were believed to have been on board the plane when it crashed at about 3:17 p.m. Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TxDPSSoutheast\/status\/2003233585986453969?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">social media post<\/a> that its troopers were on the scene and awaiting the arrival of the Federal Aviation Administration. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17ZoipEUkQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galveston County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>, in a post of its own, also said its deputies responded to a report of a plane crash near the base of the Galveston Causeway, which connects the island to the mainland to the north.<\/p>\n<p> The sheriff&#8217;s office&#8217;s said its dive team, crime scene unit, drone unit and patrol unit were assisting at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen, when contacted by Houston Public Media, deferred to DPS for comment. DPS spokesperson Stephen Woodard said \u201clife-saving measures are taking place\u201d and deferred to the FAA for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA deferred comment to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>The Galveston County Sheriff\u2019s Office asked the public to avoid the area to make way for first responders.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julianna Washburn\/Houston Public Media Authorities responded to the scene of a crash involving an aircraft near the Galveston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[504,7216,45122,45131,45121,56,58,57,865,66,223,672,6877],"class_list":{"0":"post-97916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-federal-aviation-administration","9":"tag-galveston","10":"tag-galveston-causeway","11":"tag-galveston-county-sheriffs-office","12":"tag-galveston-plane-crash","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-headlines","15":"tag-houston-news","16":"tag-law-enforcement","17":"tag-local","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-texas-department-of-public-safety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}