Colombian military plane crashes after takeoff, killing 34 and injuring dozens
Jhon Gabriel Molina, governor of the Putumayo department, told local news outlet Caracol Noticias that 34 people had died and 21 remained unidentifed.
A Colombian Air Force Lockheed Martin-built Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed just after takeoff in the country’s southern Amazon, killing at least 34 of the 125 people on board, authorities said.
“Unfortunately, the information is of 34 deaths,” Luis Emilio Bustos, the mayor of the nearby town of Puerto Leguizamo, told journalists.
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Jhon Gabriel Molina, governor of the Putumayo department, told local news outlet Caracol Noticias that 34 people had died and 21 remained unidentifed.
The accident occurred as the aircraft was departing Puerto Leguizamo on the border with Peru, Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez said earlier on X, identifying the plane as a Hercules C-130 built by Lockheed Martin.
Mr Sanchez added there was no sign of an “attack by illegal actors,” and that the aircraft had been declared airworthy and operated by a qualified crew before departure.