Four killed in Guatemalan helicopter crash
31/10/2008 17:40
A helicopter crashed in a rain forest in northern Guatemala yesterday,
killing all the four people on board, according to news reaching in Mexico City
from Guatemala City.
Three of the four dead are Spanish nationals, said
officials from the Spanish embassy in Guatemala. Two of them have been
identified as entrepreneurs living in the country. The other one is a relative
of one of the entrepreneurs.
A Guatemalan also died in the accident.
The
helicopter took off from Guatemala's northern El Peten Province yesterday noon
and lost contact with the ground five hours later, said the Civil Aviation
Administration of Guatemala.
Wreckage of the crashed helicopter was found
some 300 miles north of the Guatemala City. The cause of the accident is still
under investigation.
Xinhua
|
