The DC-3 that was used for "Dalton Air" was on a flight from Playa Grande when it crashed on 11/01/1998 into mountainous terrain near Quetzaltenango Airport. Instrument meteorological conditions (thick fog and rain) prevailed and no flight plan was reported filed. The bad weather was due to the tropical depression Mitch.
The plane carried doctors from the Christian Agua Viva missionary group who had done medical relief work in Playa Grande.
Bruce McGill plays throat music for the baby; he does the same trick in his most famous movie role: D-Day in Animal House.
Garwin Sanford (Durst, one of the counterfeiters) later went on to appear in several Stargate SG1 episodes as Narim.