SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- The sole survivor of a plane crash near Costa Rica’s capital, in which five other people died, is in serious condition in a hospital, the local Red Cross said on Tuesday. The 31-year-old woman was one of six people on board the small aircraft when it crashed southeast of San Jose.

Rescue workers trekked overnight across a remote mountain forest carrying a woman who had survived a crash that killed five of the six people aboard.

A small plane traveling to Costa Rica's capital of San Jose crashed on Monday afternoon, authorities said, killing five of the six passengers on board. Firefighters said they had located the wrecked aircraft and confirmed that most aboard had died.

A tragic plane crash in Costa Rica resulted in the deaths of five out of six passengers. The wreckage was found on Monday afternoon, with one survivor in critical condition. All victims were Costa Rican nationals,

The small plane went down in a mountainous area on the outskirts of the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. One of the six people on board is in a critical condition.