Two Survivors of Galveston Bay Plane Crash Recovering in Hospital

The charity that organized the flight says that two women who were pulled from the wreckage of a fatal plane crash in Galveston Bay are getting better in the hospital.

A news report from the Foundation Michou y Mau on Sunday said that Julia Aracelis Cruz Vera, one of the survivors, has been taken off the ventilator and is in stable condition. Miriam de Jesús Rosas Mancilla, the second survivor, is also making positive progress.

When the crash happened, the foundation had hired a Mexican Navy plane to help with medical transport for burn patients. Six of the eight people on board died.

The charity found out that Cruz Vera was the mother of Federico Efraín Ramírez Cruz, a 2-year-old boy who died in the crash from burns. Rosas Mancilla was identified as a flight nurse who was sent on the trip.

Just recently, Dr. Yannick Nordin, the medical head of the foundation, visited Cruz Vera in the hospital. He was with Federico's father and Sky Decker, a local boat captain who helped save her. Decker jumped into Galveston Bay after the plane went down and pulled Cruz Vera from the sinking plane.

A Beechcraft Super King Air 350 twin-turboprop plane crashed on December 22, around 3 p.m., in Galveston Bay, where it sank to the bottom of about 5 feet of water.

The U.S. Coast Guard, the Galveston Police Department, the Galveston Fire Department, and the Texas Department of Public Safety all sent people to the scene.

A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, Peter Knudson, told the Houston Chronicle that the board has begun a probe into the crash. Within 30 days, investigators should share a preliminary report that lists the facts they found in the first part of the investigation.

The office stated that the final report, which will include the most likely cause of the crash, will be ready in 12 to 24 months.

The foundation said it would continue providing survivors with information about their health as their recovery progresses.