US EditionPlane crash in Colombia kills 15, including politician
- 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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Commercial flight vanishes before crashing in Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, including congressman
Colombia plane crash kills 15 as Satena flight HK-4709 crashes near Venezuela border after losing contact Wednesday, prompting search before wreckage confirmation.
Just a few minutes after the launch, an aircraft in Colombia lost contact with air traffic control. The aircraft crashed near the Venezuelan border. 15 people died, among the victims is also a congressman.
The plane of the Colombian company Satena that disappeared this Wednesday in the department of Norte de Santander (border with Venezuela), with 15 people on board, was found injured and without survivors, confirmed the airline.The plane, a bimotor Beechcraft 1900, took off this morning from the airport Camilo Daza, of Cúcuta, capital of Norte de Santander, for a flight of about 25 minutes to Ocaña, the second city of the department, but its cont…
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