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US Coca Cola executive amongst those missing after helicopter crash on Costa Rica-Nicaragua border

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November 18th, 2015 (ICR News) US citizen James Scott Horrosberger, president of purchasing for the Coca Cola Company, is amongst the missing after a helicopter crash Tuesday on the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border that killed another US citizen and left three people including Horrosberger missing, according to Nicaraguan daily La Prensa.

 

Missing along with Horrosberger is Antonio Lacayo Oyanguren, the former Minister of the Presidency during the administration of former Nicaraguan president, Violeta Barrios, according to the Nicaraguan daily, El Nuevo Diario.

 

Lacayo has been the CEO of Tico Frut, a Costa Rican company that describes itself as the largest producer of oranges in Central America, since September 2014.  Lacayo typically spent three days per week in Costa Rica as part of his duties for the company, according to Costa Rican daily, La Nacion.

 

The Coca Cola Company is reportedly one of Tico Frut’s top customers.

 

The deceased is believed to be US citizen, Phillip Wendell Tope, an executive with Tampa Juice Service, Inc., a US distributor of fruit juices, according to sources, though the man’s name has not been officially released.

 

Juan Francisco Lemus, the pilot of the aircraft and whose nationality was not immediately clear but is believed to be Nicaraguan, also remained missing Wednesday morning.

 

The executives were traveling in the Bell 206 helicopter from San Carlos to Managua when it plunged, apparently shortly after takeoff, into the San Juan River, which defines most of the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, the deputy chief of Nicaragua’s National Police, Francisco Diaz, said.

 

Witnesses describe hearing a loud noise before the helicopter plunged about 1,000 feet into the river below.

 

The accident occurred at sunrise Tuesday for unknown reasons, according to authorities of the Nicaraguan Institute of Civil Aviation, or INAC.

 

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  • duke ster

    A loud noise like a bang? We would like to know more exactly what type of loud noise please. That might help determine if an explosive was the culprit since it happened right after takeoff. Usually a trigger used for a bomb in an aircraft has a trigger which detonates at a prescribed altitude. There are several types of devices which can bring down an aircraft including a small explosive device which will cut the engine off by blowing the fuel line off. This can be done by remote as in the case of John Kennedy’s plane. John John Kennedy had recently announced his intention to run for president and would have been a shoe-in. He NEVER flew without a co-pilot who was a more experienced pilot…NEVER. However when they recovered his plane there was no mention of the co-pilot being found. The recovery of the downed craft was delayed for several hours, supposedly because they were searching for the airplane. Actually the plane had a homing beacon which would have shown EXACTLY where the plane was. They needed time for a team of divers to get to the site to remove the co-pilot’s body and flight plan records and voice box recorder because these would have shown that there was a co-pilot aboard. Anyway in Central America there will be no such questions answered concerning this downed helicopter. This is a real whodunnit and whydunnit.

    • Andrew

      That tin foil hat looks good on you.

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