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Panamanian Cessna Crash a Mystery

What: Cessna 152 belonging to a flight training school en route from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport to the Calzada Larga Airport
Where: floating near the village of Tranquillas in the Panama Canal’s Lake Madden
When: found early Wednesday
Who: Panamanian flight instructor Alex Bosquez and student Abraham Licona
Bosquez had a commercial pilot’s license and was certified as a flight instructor. Licona had a private pilot’s license.
Why: The crash is under investigation. The bodies have been recovered.

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