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Costa Rica Plane Crash: Charter Company Grounded

Twelve people were killed in the New Year's Eve crash, including a Scarsdale family.

SCARSDALE, NY — The Costa Rican charter flight company that had a plane crash New Year’s Eve that killed a Scarsdale family has been grounded by aviation officials. Nature Air’s operating certificate was suspended while investigators search for the cause of the crash.

Costa Rican media outlets reported that the license was pulled because the company was understaffed, lohud.com said.

Twelve people, including two crew members, were killed in the crash. Among the dead were Bruce and Irene Steinberg of Scarsdale and their sons Matthew, William and Zachary.

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