but one of the region's more unassuming island getaways boasts a quiet retreat well away from its busy commercial and tourism center. Roatan, one of the three Bay Islands off the north coast of ...

A Lanhsa airline plane crashed off the coast of Roatan Island, Honduras, killing 12 people. Five survivors were rescued and transported to a nearby hospital, while one person remains missing.

At least 12 people died on Monday when a small plane with 18 occupants crashed into the sea while taking off from the tourist Caribbean island of Roatán, in northern Honduras, authorities reported.

TEGUCIGALPA, March 18 (Reuters) - A plane crashed just off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday night minutes after taking off from Roatan Island, killing 12 people, authorities said ...