Rescuers evacuate sole survivor after plane crash kills five in Costa Rica

A small plane with six people on board crashed southeast of Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose, on Monday, leaving five dead, the Red Cross said. A 31-year-old woman is said to be in a critical condition.

The aircraft crashed near the Pico Blanco mountain shortly after midday after the plane lost communication and disappeared from the radar. Rescue teams arrived at the site of the accident after several hours of trying to access the steep wooded slopes. An official report on the cause of the crash is yet to be released.

 The passengers of the aircraft were all from Costa Rica and were working in tourism companies, local reports said.