BOGOTA: All 10 people on board a Colombian plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle were confirmed dead yesterday, rescuers said.
Rescue team official Gustavo Ortega said that the eight passengers and two crew died on impact after Saturday’s crash. Ortega said all the dead — six men, three women and a young girl — were Colombian nationals.
The aircraft with registration number HK-4755 PA 34 Navajo took off from Araracuara Airport in the country’s south around 3pm local time (2000 GMT) on Saturday. It lost contact with air traffic control as it went over the town of Florencia. The wreck of the aircraft was located 10km from the urban centre of the town of Puerto Santander.
AFP
