US EditionColombian Lawmaker and Congressional Candidate Among 15 Dead in Plane Crash
The crash killed all 15 on board including a lawmaker and a congressional candidate; the mountainous Catatumbo region's challenging terrain and weather complicate recovery efforts.
- A small plane crashed Wednesday in rural Norte de Santander, killing all 15 people aboard, the Colombian Transportation Ministry said.
- The aircraft departed Cúcuta at 11:42 a.m. and lost contact 12 minutes into the flight, according to Satena, shortly before arriving in Ocaña.
- Passengers included two crew members and 13 passengers, among them Diogenes Quintero and Carlos Salcedo; images showed fuselage damage while Satena said the aircraft emergency beacon was not activated.
- The government deployed the Colombian Air Force to search for the plane and recover the bodies, while Wilmer Carrillo said, `We have received with concern the information about the air accident... where my colleague Diogenes Quintero, Carlos Salcedo and their teams were traveling.`
- Located in mountainous coca-growing territory, the crash site is where the ELN and a dissident FARC faction operate, complicating access and investigation ahead of March elections.
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Fifteen killed In Colombia Plane Crash
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Colombia Plane Crash Kills 15 Including Congressman
A Colombia plane crash claimed the lives of all 15 people aboard a state-owned Satena flight that vanished from radar before plummeting into a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border. The small Beechcraft 1900, operating as Satena Flight HK-4709 from Cúcuta to Ocaña, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after takeoff and was later confirmed to have crashed with no survivors. Among the dead were two crew members and 13 passengers, …
A plane from the Colombian company Satena disappeared on Wednesday 28 January with 15 people on board. The Beechcraft 1900 lost all contact with air traffic control only eight minutes before its scheduled landing.
A 1900 Beechcraft airliner from Cúcuta to Ocaña crashed on Wednesday 28 January in north-eastern Colombia. The fifteen people on board perished. The causes of the tragedy remain unknown.
Fifteen people, 13 passengers including one deputy and two crew members, died in the accident of an aircraft in Colombia on the Venezuelan border, in poor weather conditions, announced Wednesday the air authority, stating that there were "no survivors".
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