plane carrying six people has crashed near the Costa Rican capital of San Jose. The condition of the passengers is not yet known.
A small plane with six people on board crashed southeast of Costa Rica’s capital San Jose on Monday, leaving five passengers dead, the Red Cross said.
A 31-year-old woman is said to be in a critical condition.
The aircraft — a Cessna 206 Stationair — crashed near the Pico Blanco mountain shortly after midday on Monday after the plane lost communication and disappeared from the radar.
What do we know?
Search and rescue teams located the wreckage on the mountainside and arrived at the site of the accident after several hours of trying to access the steep wooded slopes of the region.
The plane, which had taken off from Tortuguero, was scheduled to land at the Tobias Bolanos airport, east of San Jose but due to bad weather conditions it had to divert to the Juan Santamaria airport.
An official report on the causes of the crash is yet to be made.
The passengers of the aircraft were from Costa Rica and were working in tourism companies, local reports said.
Credit: DW News
