2023-05-17 12:54:00
(CNN Spanish) — Various institutions in Colombia are looking for four children following the remains of the plane in which they were traveling more than two weeks ago were found and the three adults who accompanied them were found dead in the Amazon region, reported this Tuesday to Noticias Caracol the operational coordinator of the Civil Defense in the department of Meta, Germán Camargo.
Camargo added that the deceased were found at the point of impact of the aircraft and that officials from the Air Force, Military Forces, Civil Defense, Civil Aeronautics and even the company that owns the plane work in the area, among other institutions, to find the whereregardings of the children.
In the interview, the official added that on Monday they would have found a baby’s bottle and some “chewed fruit” near the aircraft, which gave them “hopes for life, which we do not lose.” In addition, he indicated that the rescue efforts will focus on the area, although he said that it was a wooded area, humid and difficult to access.
This Tuesday, the Civil Aeronautics of Colombia had reported in a statement that the plane, type Cessna 206 and that covered the Araracuara-San José del Guaviare route, had been found this Monday in a rural area of the Solano municipality, in the department of Caquetá. . Seven people were traveling on the aircraft and it was reported missing on May 1.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, spoke on Twitter on Tuesday regarding the case and said that “the children who disappeared in the accident must be searched for by air and land.”
Civil Aeronautics said in its statement that a team of experts from the entity undertook the investigation to determine the causes of the incident.
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