The Flesh Worshippers by Jack Woods

First Line(s)

Seven people were aboard the Aereo Intrepido's DC-3, five thousand feet above the Bolivian jungle when the right engine sputtered and died. A minute before the sudden intrusion of danger into their fives, each of the seven people had been lulled into silent personal reveries by the steady rumble of the motors and the constant shuddering of the rickety old war surplus airplane.