A Mexican Navy aircraft carrying eight people, including a minor, crashed in Galveston, Texas, while performing an approach maneuver to the local airport, the agency confirmed. The Navy reported that the aircraft was “on a medical support mission in coordination with the Michou and Mau Foundation,” and was transporting a child to be treated at the specialized Shriners Children's Hospital in Galveston. The Navy plane had two pilots, the child who was to be treated, and the rest was medical personnel, both naval and civilian. Local media reported that the accident occurred amid dense fog present in that region of Texas. The plane may have crashed in the area of West Galveston Bay, according to the local newspaper The Daily News. “The flight was about to land when it crashed somewhere west of the causeway,” the Texas city's newspaper states. Information from the specialized portal Flightradar24 indicates that the crashed aircraft is a B350 with registration ANX1209 from Mérida, Yucatán. Alert in Galveston The Galveston County Sheriff's Office in Texas reported that on Monday, December 22, it received a report of an airplane crash near the local airport and asked residents of that city to avoid the area “to allow emergency personnel to work safely and efficiently.” The official report states that the Texas Department of Public Safety will lead the investigation of the accident and that the New York City Fire Department is assisting local authorities in the rescue operations.