US EditionAlligators, snakes, biting insects: Small plane crash survivors recall 36-hour ordeal
- Five people stood atop a submerged plane while awaiting rescue, with alligators encircling the craft during the night in an alligator-infested swamp in Bolivia's Amazonas region after an emergency landing due to engine failure.
- The survivors- three women, a child and the 29-year-old pilot- were rescued in "excellent condition" after 36 hours and only had cassava flour to eat.
- The pilot said petrol leaking from the plane had kept the predators at bay, and officials were "happy" to have rescued the group after "a lot of speculation" when the plane went missing.
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"Traped into the remains of the plane and surrounded by alligators, there was also an anaconda": saved after 36 hours, the shock story of the survivors
Locked for a day and a half on the carcass of their plane, in the midst of a swamp haunted by alligators, seeing also a cocktail in the water, without being able to drink and nourish only a little flour of cassava. It is the incredible and terrifying odyssey lived by five people  three women, a child and the pilot 29-year-old Andres Velarde   survived an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon region of Bolivia. 1 Fortunately, t…
This was the rescue of the five survivors of the plane crash in the Bolivian Amazon: 36 hours between alligators and snakes
"Found alive and in stable conditions."This is how the five survivors of the plane crash in the Bolivian Amazon were miraculously found, who spent 36 endless and agonizing hours stranded in a swamp between alligators and snakes.All the occupants who were traveling on the aircraft, the pilot, three women and a child of six years, survived the incident after a forced landing and remained united until, almost two days later, they were rescued resis…
Child and 4 Others Rescued from Alligator-Infested Swamp Over 40 Hours After Plane Crash
Five people were rescued after the small plane was found by local fishermen in Bolivia's Amazon region on Friday, May 2, according to multiple reports. The aircraft had been reported missing 48 hours prior.
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