Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018
British Aerospace Jetstream 32 · Crashed shortly after takeoff; under investigation
From Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (RTB) to Golosón International Airport (LCE)
Event
- NTSB case
- GAA25WA115
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 12 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- Occupants
- 17
- Survivors
- 5
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 5
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
British Aerospace Jetstream 32
- Flight
- LNH018
- Aircraft type
- British Aerospace Jetstream 32
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- HR-AYW
- Operator
- Aerolínea Lanhsa
- Onboard fatalities
- 12
- Route
- From Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (RTB)To Golosón International Airport (LCE)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Initial climb
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Unknown or undetermined
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018 was a charter flight on 17 March 2025, from Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport, on Roatán Island, department of Islas de la Bahía, to Golosón International Airport in La Ceiba, department of Atlántida. The aircraft, a British Aerospace Jetstream 31, crashed into the sea at 18:18 local time after experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff, killing 12 of the 17 passengers and crew, including Honduran singer and politician Aurelio Martínez. The wreckage was found one kilometer (0.62 miles) off the coast according to the authorities.
Accident
The aircraft took off from runway 07 at Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport for its flight to Golosón International Airport. The aircraft experienced a suspected mechanical failure one minute after takeoff, reaching a maximum altitude of 20–35 feet, then made a right turn and impacted water about one kilometer from the coastline. Local authorities reported that one of the plane's engines lost power before impacting the sea. The aircraft was submerged about 50 m in an area with rocky seabed, making it difficult for rescuers to reach. The last passenger's body, a woman travelling with her husband was recovered the day after the accident. Her husband survived and was taken to a hospital.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Honduran Civil Aeronautics Agency launched an investigation into the accident. A preliminary report was released on 25 April 2025, which detailed some of the accident sequence. An interim report was released on 18 March 2026, which stated that the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) had not yet been recovered.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018
- Article
- Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018
- Revision
- 1351925882 · 2026-05-01 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q133309963
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record GAA25WA115
- Event ID
- 20250319199880
- Case number
- GAA25WA115
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018" (page 79491110, revision 1351925882); merged with NTSB case GAA25WA115 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record GAA25WA115
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Reviewed (2026-09-19): Aviation Safety Network (12 of 17 occupants; 'information verified through data from accident investigation authorities', CIAIA Honduras preliminary report), https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/486502
- Ground fatalities
- Reviewed (2026-09-19): Aviation Safety Network (12 of 17 occupants; 'information verified through data from accident investigation authorities', CIAIA Honduras preliminary report), https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/486502
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (4)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018" and NTSB case GAA25WA115, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- Death toll settled: the NTSB record (GAA25WA115) gives 0 and the Wikipedia article 12; Aviation Safety Network (12 of 17 occupants; 'information verified through data from accident investigation authorities', CIAIA Honduras preliminary report) gives 12. The NTSB's 0 is a placeholder in a foreign notification record, not a real count. 12 of 17 aboard died and 5 passengers survived.
- The NTSB record dates it 2025-03-18 and the Wikipedia article 2025-03-17; Wikipedia's date is used.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.