It will be telling in the investigation if Celia ran this up the command chain (whatever that may be) after being snubbed twice by the now departed Mr. Quispe. The likelihood is that this was par for the course for this outfit and that yes, 9 out of 10, they would make it there 'tranquilo'.
Very sad that this women will have to live with this for the rest of her life.
I am also very curious how many other individuals came across the FPL during the course of the flight? The likelihood that "if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me" mentality that is oh so common to south america is again at the forefront of administrative shirking in this catastrophe.