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Aviones Taxi Disappears in Sierra de Santa Martha Mexico

What: Aviones Taxi AIFE Cessna 501 Citation ISP en route from Minatitlan to Veracruz
Where: Sierra de Santa Martha Mexico
When: Oct 6 2010
Who: 8 aboard
Why: Flying in cloudy weather, the Citation 511-Alpha Extra TKY disappeared from radar into the Santa Martha mountains. Six senior executives of Coppel (Arturo Peraza, Alejandro Quintero Uzun, David Gerardo Soria, Luis Salvador Sánchez, Norma Leticia Torres and Brenda Camacho. ) and 2 pilots ( Javier Montoya, Bernardo Estrada) were on board, visiting a flood damaged property.

The plane disappeared near the Sierra de Santa Martha, in Soteapan. Three helicopters tracking the flight have not located the wreckage, which may be located in jungle of Los Tuxtlas

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