At least 12 people, including a popular musician-turned-politician, died Monday when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Honduran tourist island of Roatan. The aircraft “made a sharp turn to the right of the runway and fell into the water,” civil aviation official Carlos Padilla said, according to CBS News.

At least 12 people, including a popular musician, died when a small plane crashed into the sea while taking off from a Caribbean island off Honduras, officials said.

Image via Shutterstock A popular singer and 11 others are dead after a small plane crashed off an island in the Caribbean. Sadly, the small aircraft crashed into the Caribbean Sea. Minutes after taking off from the Honduran island of Roatan on Monday evening,