After plane crash
\nPreliminary information suggests children escaped the plane and set off into rainforest to find help
\n BOGOTA
\nFour children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the south of the country more than two weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in thick jungle, President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday.
\nThe children were rescued by members of the military, firefighters and civil aviation authority officials in the dense jungle of Colombia\u2019s Caqueta province.
\nThe 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.
\n\u201cAfter arduous searching by our military, we have found alive the four children who went missing after a plane crash in Guaviare. A joy for the country,\u201d Petro said in a message via Twitter.
\nThree adults, including the pilot, died as a result of the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane. The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact.
\nPreliminary information from the civil aviation authority, which coordinated the rescue efforts, suggests the children escaped the plane and set off into the rainforest to find help.
\nRescuers, supported by search dogs, had previously found discarded fruit the children ate to survive, as well as improvised shelters made with jungle vegetation.
\nAirplanes and helicopters from both Colombia\u2019s army and air force participated in the rescue operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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