The World - News from Jan. 20, 1986
Guatemalan authorities recovered the bodies of all 93 people who died in the country’s worst air crash. Eight Americans were among the victims. Officials said 33 identified and 42 unidentified bodies were flown to Guatemala City. The remaining 18 bodies were claimed by relatives at Santa Elena airport, near where the Aerovias twin-engine Caravelle crashed while carrying tourists to visit Mayan ruins at Tikal. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said a complete list of the American dead was being withheld pending notification of families.
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