All 6 aboard jet escape wreckage after it skids off runway in Honduras

Five Americans and one Venezuelan survived the incident.

May 23, 2018, 4:59 AM

All six people aboard a jet that crashed off a Honduras runway and nearly broke in half have survived.

Five Americans -- four passengers and a crew member -- and a Venezuelan crew member all were rescued after their Gulfstream apparently overshot the runway in Tegucigalpa, the nation's capital.

PHOTO: A crane lifts the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
A crane lifts the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
Jorge Cabrera/Reuters

The four passengers work for EZCORP, the second-largest owner of U.S. pawn shops. Three -- Bob Kasenter, Blair Powell and Nicole Swies -- were treated and released with minor injuries. Joe Rotunda suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung and was transported to a local hospital.

PHOTO: Forensic technicians and police officers from the Honduran National Police inspect the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
Forensic technicians and police officers from the Honduran National Police inspect the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
Jorge Cabrera/Reuters

"The company is coordinating to make sure the employees and crew are receiving proper medical attention," EZCORP said in a statement.The jet had embarked from Austin, Texas, where the company is headquartered.

PHOTO: Firefighters take cover from firefighting foam applied onto the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
Firefighters take cover from firefighting foam applied onto the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2018.
Jorge Cabrera/Reuters

First responders were seen on video helping save those aboard the plane.Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said via Twitter that those injured were in stable condition.

PHOTO: Six people were rescued from a private jet that  skidded off a runway in Honduras on May 22, 2018.
Six people were rescued from a private jet that skidded off a runway in Honduras on May 22, 2018.
COPECO Honduras

ABC News' Stephen T. Gaynard, Kevin Kraus, Jim Vojtech and Conor Finnegan contributed to this report.