The bodies are being taken to the nearest town to the accident and have not yet been identified. Eight South Koreans, three Peruvians and citizens of the Netherlands, Sweden, and the Czech Republic were in the Sikorsky S-58Et when it crashed on Mama Rosa mountain at an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 meters).
Investigator will carry out DNA tests to help identify the victims. Eighteen South Korean relatives of those aboard the helicopter are flying to Peru to recover the remains, said South Korean Consul Hwangroh Lee, who went to Cusco, the city from
which the helicopter flight originated, to aid in the search effort.
Employed by Samsung C&T Corp., Korea Water Resources Corp., Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. and the Seoyeong Co, the Koreans were exploring sites for a possible hydroelectric plant.
