The wreckage of the Bandeirante was strewn about the Santa Rita Mountains near Colón . Panamanian investigators quickly determined that the explosion had been caused by a bomb , probably detonated by a suicide bomber aboard the aircraft . Only one body was not claimed by relatives ; this body is believed to be that of a man named Jamal Lya . Officials suspected that the incident was an act of terrorism by Hezbollah directed against Jews in part because it took place one day after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires , and due to an expression of support by " Ansar Allah " , a Hezbollah affiliate in South America
AMIA bombing
AMIA bombing
Alas Chiricanas Flight 901