The following is the first sad news item in this new, great Latin American forum. For more details of the Cessna Caravan crash in Costa Rica please see
http://www.airwise.com/stories/2000/08/967374537.html - Let's hope there are survivors. I holidayed in Costa Rican town of La Fortuna in April, 1999 and climbed both Volcan Arenal and Volcan Chato where the Cessna came down. Flight crew two Costa Ricans, eight foreigners, including two Swiss women. Flight originated in San Jose, landed at La Fortuna to leave off a Japanese tourist and was then bound for Tamarindo, a beach resort on the Pacific Coast.