Update
Dan Liljenquist, one of the survivors, just made it thru surgery in Guatamala, getting a rod in one leg and bone fragments removed from his other. The number of fatalities has risen to 11.
The crash killed five CHOICE Humanitarian workers, including Expedition Director Liz Johnson, Cody Odekirk and John Carter of Utah; Roger Jensen and his son Zachary of Wisconsin; and Guatemalan CHOICE representatives Javier Rabanales and Walfred de Rabanales. The pilot and co-pilot, Fernando Estrada and Monica Bonilla, both of Guatemala, also died, according to The Associated Press.
Odekirk and Carter were Focus Services employees, as were Jeff Reppe and Lydia Silva of Illinois, who also were killed.
What: Cessna Caravan 208 charter flight operated by Aero Ruta Maya en route from Aurora to El Estor
Where: Crash in Zacapa, 71 miles east of Guatemala City
When: Sunday about 9:45 a.m.
Who: 14 passengers, 10 fatalities.including pilot Monica Bonilla, co-pilot Luis Fernando and the Americans on board. The passengers were U.S. humanitarian workers. Three Americans survived, including Sarah Jensen. The destination was a village in El Estor County to build homes for CHOICE Humanitarian. Jensen's brother and father were killed in the crash, and her mother was seriously injured.
Why: 45 minutes into the flight the pilot radiod there was engine failure. 4 passengers were taken to a hospital. The pilot tried landing in a field, but on impact, the aircraft split into pieces.
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