Aviateca Flight 901
[7] Two foreign ambassadors to Nicaragua were on the flight: Palle Marker from Denmark and Genaro Antonio Mucciolo from Brazil.[10] Due to heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area, the captain deviated from the standard approach to Comalapa International Airport: Airway G346.[1] Local police officer José María Gómez stated that "There were corpses wherever you looked, and body parts everywhere [...] on the rocks and in the trees.[8] Locals in the vicinity of the crash reported hearing three loud explosions and that they witnessed fire in the sky, with some believing that the San Vicente volcano was erupting.[13] It determined that the probable cause was the flight crew's "lack of situational awareness in relation to the 7,159 foot obstruction [the San Vicente volcano]" and its decision to descend.
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