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Four missing children believed to be alive 17 days after plane crash

Three adults on board aircraft died in wreck, say Colombian authorities

Updated 11 months ago · Published on 18 May 2023 12:45PM

Four missing children believed to be alive 17 days after plane crash
The Colombian authorities’ discovery of an improvised shelter built with sticks and branches in the Amazon jungle strengthens the belief that the four children aged 13, nine, four, and 11 months are still alive. – AFP pic, May 18, 2023

MEXICO CITY – Colombian authorities were believed to have found three children and a baby alive 17 days after a plane crashed with them on board in the jungle in the south of the country, according to President Gustavo Petro today, reported German news agency dpa.

“After arduous search efforts by our military, we have found alive the four children who went missing after a plane crash in Guaviare. A joy for the country.”

The Colombian armed forces still need to confirm that they have located the four minors – aged 13, nine, four, and 11 months. 

This morning, they found an improvised shelter built with sticks and branches in the jungle leading them to believe there were survivors.

The Colombian government deployed more than 100 soldiers, sniffer dogs and local indigenous people to find the children on board a Cessna C206 light aircraft when it crashed in the Amazon in the southern Caqueta Department on May 1. The three adults on board died in the crash. – Bernama, May 18, 2023

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