Pilot miscalculation of mountain terrain and the effects of high-altitude atmosphere were the probable causes of a fatal plane crash Oct. 5, 2020, near Telluride, according to the National Transportat.
outside of Aspen that claimed the lives of two New York residents Saturday.
“The aircraft crashed in remote mountainous terrain. We are determining how best to access the crash site,” Jennifer Gabris, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said Monday in an email to The Aspen Times.
A ground team from Mountain Rescue Aspen, working with a helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard in Gypsum, located the wreckage and victims Sunday in response to a call earlier in the morning from a person who reported the flight overdue.
The bodies of both victims presumably identified as Ruben Cohen and David Zara were recovered as well.