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.

A PLANE carrying 17 people has tragically crashed into the sea killing a popular music star. 12 people died after the aircraft struck the Caribbean Sea just minutes after it took off from Roatan

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.