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Air Accident in Colombia Leaves 8 Dead and More than 70 Hospitalized

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BOGOTÁ.— An airplane of the Colombian Air Force, with more than a hundred people on board, mostly military, crashed shortly after taking off this Monday in Puerto Leguízamo, department of Putumayo, in southwestern Colombia. There are at least eight dead and 83 injured. Moment when the FAC Hercules plane suffered serious accident in Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo. In the images it is seen when the aircraft rushes to the ground and falls pic.twitter.

The entrance Air Tragedy resulted in 8 deaths, 14 critical injuries, and 83 survivors in Puerto Leguízamo was first published in Noticias Uno.

In Colombia, a Colombian Air Force (FAC) Hércules C-130 aircraft carrying more than 100 military personnel crashed minutes after taking off from Puerto Leguízamo Airport near the border with Ecuador. “As soon as the aircraft took off, it suffered a problem and rushed to land one to a couple of kilometers from the airport,” said Carlos Fernando Silva, commander of the FAC. The governor of Putumayo department, Jhon Gabriel Molina, said that at lea…

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At least eight people were killed and 83 injured, 14 of them in critical condition, in the accident of a Colombian Air Force (FAC) Hercules C-130 aircraft, with 125 people on board, which took place on Monday in Puerto Leguízamo, in the department of Putumayo, reported in advance the regional government. “83 injured, of which 14 are in critical condition, and eight people died,” said the governor of Putumayo, John Gabriel Molina, after the comma…

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laregionhoy.cl broke the news in on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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