Boeing 767 jetliner cargo ship with 3 aboard accidents near Houston

by the Associated Press / WJLA

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) – A Boeing 767 jetliner en route to Houston with three people aboard crashed into a bay in the east of the city.

Lynn Lunsford, of the Federal Aviation Administration, said the twin-engine aircraft crashed Saturday in Trinity Bay.

Lunsford did not know the status of the people on board and the Chambers County Sheriff's Office could not be contacted immediately for comment.

The office said in a Facebook message that the plane was located at the north end of the bay. No other details were immediately available.

According to Lunsford, Atlas Air's flight 3591 had already left Miami and an FAA alert was triggered after the aircraft's radar and radio contacts were lost when it was about 48 km southeast of Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport.