Former Montgomery County residents Leslie Levin Weiss, 50, and her husband Mitchell Weiss, 52, were among 12 people killed in a fiery plane crash in northwest Costa Rica on Sunday, according to a government agency and news reports from the Central America country.
Also listed among the dead were Hannah Mae Weiss, 19, and Ari Moses Weiss, 16. It was not immediately clear whether they are children of Leslie and Mitchell Weiss. Records show Hannah Weiss sharing their address in Florida.
A total of 10 Americans and two local crew members were aboard the single-propeller Cessna 208 operated by Nature Air, a regional airline in Costa Rica, according to government reports. The plane crashed in the Guanacaste area, according to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Safety.
Leslie and Mitchell Weiss left the Philadelphia area around 2005, relocating to Belleair, Fla., according to public records. They were both licensed as practicing physicians affiliated with local hospitals. The couple had previously lived in Plymouth Meeting and Lafayette Hill.
The governor of Costa Rica posted news of the crash and condolences on Twitter.
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