Cargo plane crashes after take off in Colombia, killing five and injuring one

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A cargo plane has crashed shortly after take-off from the southern Colombian city of Puerto Carreno, reportedly killing five and injuring one crew member.

The AeroSucre Boeing 727-200 aircraft crashed about 8 kilometres from Puerto Carreno's German Olano Airport on a flight bound for the Colombian capital.

The crash occurred at 5:23pm local time, about three minutes after take-off, the local Civil Aviation authority said in a statement.

The plane was carrying six crew members, five of which were killed, the authority said.

Eyewitness video appears to indicate the aircraft overshot the runway on takeoff.

The dramatic vision from Puerto Carreno resident Yurlan Falla shows the plane skimming the fence surrounding the airfield.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Topics: disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, colombia

First posted </s> Five people are believed to have been killed after a plane overshot the runway and crashed on takeoff in South America.

The cargo plane reportedly crashed in a field outside Puerto Carreno in Colombia.

Dramatic footage appears to show the moment the aircraft, operated by Aerosucre, came down shortly after taking off from German Olano Airport.

According to unconfirmed reports, the Boeing 727 struggled to gain altitude as it took off en route to the Colombian capital of Bogota.

Six people are thought to have been on board - the pilot, co-pilot and crew members, according to Colombia’s Civil Aviation agency.

One person is believed to have survived the crash, early reports suggest.

The survivor was reportedly taken to San Juan de Dios Hospital, according to AFP.

The crash occurred at 5.23pm local time (11.23pm GMT), the CAA said in a statement.

Photographs have now emerged of search teams picking through the wreakage.

The crash comes just three weeks after a plane carrying 77 people, including members of Brazilian football team Chapecoense, crashed near to Medellin airport in Colombia. </s> BOGOTA, Colombia — Authorities say a dozen people have been killed in a plane crash in central Colombia.

Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority said the DC-3 aircraft declared an emergency late Saturday morning while en route to the city of Villavicencio.

Officials later confirmed that all 12 people aboard were killed in the accident.

The aircraft was reportedly operated by Laser air service and had departed from San Jose del Guaviare.

President Ivan Duque sent his condolences to the families of those killed and said authorities were working to identify the remains. </s> Fourteen people on board a plane in central Colombia were killed on Saturday after it lost contact with air traffic control and crashed following technical problems, AFP reported. Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority said the DC-3 aircraft had declared an emergency on Saturday morning while en route to Villavicencio.

The twin-engine propeller plane, owned by Laser Aereo airlines, had departed from the town San José del Guaviare. It was forced to stop over in at San José del Guaviare because of poor weather, BBC reported. It crashed near its destination of Villavicencio and the wreckage was discovered an hour after air traffic control lost contact with the plane.

The country’s Civil Aeronautics later in a statement on Twitter named all the 14 people, including the pilot and co-pilot, who died in the accident. According to Reuters, the deceased also included the mayor of a small town in the province of Vaupes. </s> According to the information given by the county’s civil aviation agency, in an incident that took place in Colombian plains province killed at least 14 people after a plan in which they were on board crashed.

The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics said there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the 

DC-3 aircraft

The plane, which is owned by Laser Aereo airlines, was en route from the southern city of San Jose del Guaviare to central Villavicencio, the agency said.

It crashed about midway through its flight, in San Carlos de Guaroa municipality.

The airline said it had no immediate comment.

In a later statement posted on Twitter, the agency named those who had died, including the mayor of a small town in the jungle province of Vaupes.

The aircraft’s navigability permissions were up-to-date, as were the medical certifications of its crew, the agency added. </s> A plane crash in Central Colombia on Saturday morning has killed 14 people, officials said.

Authorities with Colombia’s Civil Aeronautics said that a DC-3 aircraft en route to Villavicencio, in the center of the nation, issued a distress call around 10:40 a.m., according to a translation of the agency’s statement.

The plane, operated by Laser air service, crashed in the vicinity of its destination after departing from San Jose del Guaviare.

Officials confirmed that all 14 people aboard, including the pilot, had died.

The victims have been identified as Jaime Carr¡iio (pilot), Jaime Herrera (co-pilot), Humberto Araque, Doris Viilegas, Cataiina Araoue VHegas, Aiex Rodríguez, Aiejandro Fonseca, Camiio Lozano, Sandra Mejía ibarguen, Juan Carlos Méndez Ramos, Cristian Camiio Lozano Escobar, Manoei Mejía, Wíllliam Alarcón and aircraft technician Alex Moreno.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to go down but officials said an initial investigation revealed that the plane had “valid certifications.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report. </s> An airplane crash in Colombia has killed all 12 people aboard the aircraft.

"Unfortunately... there were no survivors," Colombia's civil aviation authority said.

The Laser Aero flight made a distress call before the crash Saturday morning, officials said.

The flight originated in San Jose del Guaviare and was headed for Villavicencio.

Authorities said the remains of the plane, a DC-3, were found near Villavicencio. </s> BOGOTA (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta on Saturday, the country’s civil aviation agency said.

The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics said there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a distress call at 10:40 a.m. local time (1540 GMT).

The plane, which is owned by Laser Aereo airlines, was en route from the southern city of San Jose del Guaviare to central Villavicencio, the agency said.

It crashed about midway through its flight, in San Carlos de Guaroa municipality.

The airline said it had no immediate comment.

In a later statement posted on Twitter, the agency named those who had died, including the mayor of a small town in the jungle province of Vaupes.

The aircraft’s navigability permissions were up-to-date, as were the medical certifications of its crew, the agency added. </s> A dozen people have been killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta, a police source said on Saturday.

The civil aviation agency confirmed in a statement that there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a distress call at 10:40 a.m. local time, but said it was working to identify and count those killed.

The plane, which is owned by Laser Aereo airlines, was en route from the southern city of San Jose del Guaviare to central Villavicencio, the agency said.

It crashed about midway through its flight in San Carlos de Guaroa municipality in the plains province of Meta.

The airline said it had no immediate comment.
An Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 Flight 4544, used as a cargo plane, crashes shortly after takeoff in Puerto Carreno's Germán Olano Airport en route to the Colombian capital Bogota killing five people and injuring one.