GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Aviation officials say an American pilot and a Canadian technician have died when a small plane crashed as they were doing work for a hydroelectric project in Guyana.
Guyana civil aviation chief Zulfikar Mohammed on Sunday identified the pilot as Pierre Angiel, the 71-year-old director of a Miami mapping company called Angiel Envirosafe Inc. His U.S.-registered Piper Aztec crashed into a home shortly after taking off from a municipal airport east of the capital of Georgetown. There were no injuries on the ground.
The identity of the Canadian technician has not been disclosed yet.
Guyana officials say Pierre had left Florida earlier this month for his work in the South American country.
