Four children missing after a plane crash in Colombia were found alive two weeks later, the country’s president said on Wednesday.
Authorities and the military have searched the Colombian Amazon for children aged 13, nine, four and an eleven-month-old baby, as well as two other passengers.
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“After an arduous search effort by our armed forces, we have recovered the four children who disappeared in the Guaviare plane crash alive. A joy for the country,” President Gustavo Petro tweeted.
One person has been found dead by Colombian authorities after a plane crashed in the Amazon. Four children of six passengers were found. (Colombian Armed Forces)
The plane disappeared from radar on May 1 during a flight over the Amazon rainforest, authorities said. One person was found dead on the plane and six passengers were missing.
Avianline Charter, the company that operated the commercial flight, confirmed the body was that of the pilot, AFP reported. The plane was en route to San Jose del Guaviare, one of the most important cities in the Colombian Amazon rainforest.
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The cause of the crash could not be determined.