Aviation and Emergency Services said that a plane crash in Colombia claimed the lives of 14 people on Saturday. “Unfortunately... there were no survivors,” the Aeronautica Civil aviation authority said, adding that the wreckage was found close to Villavicencio.
The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, a twin-engine propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the center-east of the country on a flight between the towns of San Jose del Guaviare and Villavicencio.
The Defense Civil emergency services have informed that 14 people are confirmed to have died while Aeronautica Civil said investigators were still working “to determine the number and identities” of those travelling on the DC-3, which has a capacity of around 30.
Aeronautica Civil gave no details regarding the cause of crash and have also asked the press to show restraint in using images circulating on social media “out of respect for the victims and their families.”