Colombian authorities on Wednesday located a missing plane carrying 15 people in the northeast of the country, with no survivors found, an Air Force source and local media said.
Local media have corroborated the news, bringing a somber atmosphere to the region already grappling with the implications of this disaster. Families and friends of the victims are now faced with the grim reality of their loss.The crash's cause remains under investigation as officials attempt to piece together what led to this catastrophe. The tragedy underscores the perils faced in aerial transportation, prompting discussions on safety measures and protocols.
Earlier, Colombian aviation and military authorities launched an operation on Wednesday to locate a small commercial plane carrying 15 people - 13 passengers and two crew members - that lost communication while flying in northeast Colombia, state-owned airline Satena said.
"Flight NSE 8849, covering the Cucuta-Ocana route, which took off at around 11:42 a.m. and was scheduled to land at around 12:05 p.m., reported its last contact with air traffic control at 11:54 a.m. today," Satena said in a statement.
Newspaper El Tiempo reported that lawmaker Diogenes Quintero and Carlos Salcedo, a candidate to Congress ahead of elections in March, were aboard the aircraft.
The plane lost contact in a mountainous area planted with coca leaves, the raw material for cocaine, and where illegal armed groups such as the National Liberation Army (ELN) and a dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) operate.
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