The official indicated that rescue teams are at the scene of the accident providing assistance to the victims, and an investigation has been opened to determine what happened. “It has not yet been possible to accurately determine the number of victims or the causes of the accident,” he added.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, classified the accident as “horrible” and that it should not have happened and said he hoped there were no deaths, having taken the opportunity to talk about the financing of the country’s Army, which according to the head of state is in decline and needs modernization.
According to the newspapers The Snail e The Timethe aircraft belonged to the Colombian Aerospace Force and carried around 110 soldiers.
The Hercules-type plane can transport up to 150 people.
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