Columbia University Student, Florida Family, Killed in Plane Crash in Central America

The tail of the burned fuselage of a small plane that crashed in Guanacaste, Corozalito, Costa Rica on Dec. 31, 2017. Ten Americans flying from a vacation hotspot on Costa Rica's tropical Pacific coast died when the small plane they had just boarded crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off, officials in the country said. EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP/Getty Images

A Columbia University student has been identified as one of 10 Americans who perished in a plane crash in Costa Rica.

Hannah Weiss, a sophomore at the prestigious New York City university, was with her family when the plane smashed into a mountain. All 10 Americans and the two Costa Rican pilots on board died.