US EditionColombia investigates military plane crash that killed 69 as doctors identify victims
The crash involved a U.S.-donated C-130 Hercules recently overhauled in 2023; 69 security personnel died, including 67 armed forces members and 2 policemen.
- On Monday, a military transport plane crashed in Putomayo, Colombia, killing all 69 people aboard, including 67 armed forces members and two police officers.
- The Hercules C-130, with tail number FAC 1016, crashed shortly after taking off from Puerto Legu airport, landing about 1.8 kilometers from the runway.
- In 2023, the aircraft underwent a detailed overhaul in which technicians inspected engines and replaced key components to maintain operational safety.
- Forensic experts in Bogota are working to identify the remains of all 69 victims, while the Colombian Aerospace Force investigates the cause of the accident.
- Alfridis Julio waits outside the forensic institute in Bogota for news of his 19-year-old son, Kaleth Julio Severiche, listed among the dead but not yet identified.
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Colombia investigates military plane crash that killed 69 as doctors identify victims
Forensic experts in the Colombian capital are working to identify the remains of a military transport plane crash that killed 69 security forces, while aviation experts investigate the accident.
The Mexican Air Force (FAM) expressed its deep regret and solidarity with the victims of the tragic air crash in Putumayo, Colombia. Through a message of support, the FAM expressed solidarity with the relatives and companions of the 69 military personnel who died in the performance of their duty on March 23, 2026.External Mexican Air Force condolences for the 69 victims of the air crash in Putumayo, ColombiaBy means of the message published on t…
The crash of the Colombian Air Force’s Hercules aircraft, which left 69 uniformed men dead in the midst of one of the worst recent air emergencies in the country, was put back in the middle of the tragedy. One of the survivors remembered the second before the disaster in Puerto Leguízamo, where fear and impotence seized everyone on board. “They told us to hold on.” The uniform, who was traveling in the back of the aircraft, told us that everythi…
Legal Medicine has identified 54 of the 69 recovered bodies; 15 are still under analysis.
The Government of Colombia announced this Thursday that it will withdraw two Hercules C-130 aircraft from the Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC), following the accident of an aircraft of the same type that occurred last Monday in Puerto Leguízamo, department of Putumayo, in which 69 members of the security forces died. Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez explained that the departure of these aircraft responds to technical criteria related to t…
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