4 children lost for weeks in Colombian jungle after plane crash found alive
- The siblings were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to where the small plane had crashed on May 1
- Three adults, including the pilot, died in the crash and their bodies were found inside the aircraft
Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country’s south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said.
The siblings were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to where the small plane had crashed.
The plane – a Cessna 206 – was carrying seven people on a route between Araracuara, in Amazonas province, and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure in the early hours of May 1.
Three adults, including the pilot and the children’s mother Magdalena Mucutuy, died as a result of the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane. The four siblings, aged 13, 9, 4, as well as a now 12-month-old baby, survived the impact.
The children were transported by army medical plane to a military airport in the capital Bogota at around 00.30am (local time) on Saturday.