Military plane crashes in southwestern Colombia, defense minister says

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https://apnews.com/article/colombia-military-plane-crash-hercules-troops-defense-minister-putumayo-8357e5d7614bbe1208ec0bf1c280f9e9

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.

Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said on X that the “tragic accident” occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, which borders Peru and Ecuador. Images shared online by local media outlets show a black cloud of smoke rising from a field where the plane crashed, and a truck with soldiers rushing to the site.

Sánchez did not specify the number of troops who were aboard the Hercules C-130, a plane that can be configured to carry up to 120 people. He said rescue teams had been sent to the site of the crash and that the cause of the accident still hasn’t been determined.
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1. Military plane with 125 aboard crashes in Colombia. At least 48 rescued

https://apnews.com/article/colombia-military-plane-crash-hercules-troops-defense-minister-putumayo-8357e5d7614bbe1208ec0bf1c280f9e9

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A military transport plane with 125 people on board crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, officials in the South American country said. At least 48 people were rescued alive.

Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said on X that the plane was carrying troops when the “tragic accident” occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, which borders Peru and Ecuador.
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Carlos Fernando Silva, the commander of Colombia’s Air Force, later issued a video saying that 125 people were on board the Hercules C-130 plane, including 114 passengers and 11 crew members. Silva said that at least 48 people were rescued alive as rescue efforts continued at the crash site.
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“At this moment we do not know details” of the crash Silva said. “Except that the plane had a problem and went down about two kilometers from the airport.”
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