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A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers made an emergency landing on a beach in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, the state civil defence’s office said, resulting in the death of a 62-year-old man who was on the beach at the time.

Canadians who ranged in age from 35 to 60 were skydiving passengers aboard the planeThomson Reuters

· Posted: Feb 12, 2024 10:07 AM EST | Last Updated: February 12

Small plane crashes in Oaxaca, Mexico4 Canadians are among the injured after a small plane used to transport skydivers crashed on a Mexican beach on Sunday, reports say.

The plane was forced to land on a populated section of Bacocho beach in the popular Pacific resort town of Puerto Escondido, the office said in a statement, adding the victim’s wife, who had been on the beach alongside him, was unharmed.

Footage from Puerto Global showed the damaged aircraft on the beach, having crashed into what it said was a turtle rescue centre.

The civil defence statement did not give more details on the landing nor the identities of those involved, noting that investigations were ongoing. No one else on the beach was injured, it said.

Mexican soldiers and police talk to injured people lying on the sand on Sunday at Bacocho beach, in Oaxaca state. (Puerto Global/Reuters)Those who had been on the aircraft, including the four Canadian skydivers aged between 35 and 60 and a 40-year-old Mexican man, were removed from the plane and taken for medical treatment, the statement added, saying they were in stable condition.

State Gov. Salomon Jara said in a post on X that resources were being mobilized to help those injured who had been on the plane.

“To the family of the person who died, we will provide all the necessary support and accompany them in the face of their irreparable loss,” he said.