Air Force Col. Ruis Landa says the plane was en route to the Toncontin international airport in the capital of Tegucigalpa.
Central American Airline owner Dan Ibanks says the plane left the coastal city of San Pedro Sula at 7 a.m. local time (8 a.m. EST; 1300 GMT) and was scheduled to land in Tegucigalpa 40 minutes later.