A plane crashed in Galveston Bay with pediatric burn patients on board, according to sheriff's office officials.

A plane carrying burn victims to a hospital for treatment has crashed off the Texas coast, killing five and leaving one person missing. A 2-year-old child was among those killed when the Mexican Navy twin turboprop crashed near Galveston on Monday,

Greg Biffle was the latest athlete to die in an aviation crash. There were several deaths involving planes and helicopters, including one earlier this year.

The NTSB said the investigation into what caused the crash that killed NASCAR legend Greg Biffle may be lengthy but the plane's black box has been recovered.

GALVESTON, Texas — Several agencies rushed to the scene in Galveston Monday afternoon after a medical transport plane from Mexico crashed into the bay.

On a sparkling late-fall Sunday at a rural Virginia airfield, 16 careworn passengers were getting off a flight that changed, even saved, their lives. Some looked bemused, some wary, some enthusiastic as they were carried off a small private plane onto the tarmac at Culpeper Regional Airport.