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Colombian authorities found no survivors after a plane with 13 passengers and two crew members crashed on Wednesday, the nation’s Civil Aeronautics Authority instructed NCS.
Colombian congressman Diógenes Quintero was amongst these on board, in response to the get together that had nominated him for the House of Representatives.
Quintero’s communications workforce stated it misplaced contact with him and his assistant after the plane disappeared. The final registered location on their telephones was Camilo Daza airport in Cúcuta “before takeoff,” his workforce stated.
Quintero had been a member of the nationwide legislature since 2022 and was a consultant of the “special peace constituencies,” certainly one of 16 seats in Congress meant to signify victims of violence, as a part of the 2016 peace accords with militants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
“Diógenes Quintero was a leader committed to his region, with a firm vocation for service and a deep sense of public responsibility,” Colombia’s U Party stated.
The plane, operated by state airline Satena, misplaced contact with air site visitors management shortly after takeoff, Transportation Minister María Fernanda Rojas stated earlier.
It was flying from Cúcuta to Ocaña within the northeastern division of Norte de Santander.
Satena reported that it took off at 11:42 a.m. ET and was scheduled to land round 12:05 p.m., however its final contact with air site visitors management was at 11:54 a.m.
The flight monitoring web site FlightAware exhibits the plane’s sign disappeared 9 minutes after taking off from Camilo Daza airport.
Authorities found the crashed plane in a rural space of La Playa de Belén after a search involving a number of plane, officers stated.
The governor’s workplace of Norte de Santander prolonged condolences to the households of the victims.
“We deeply regret the tragedy that occurred following the aircraft accident confirmed in the last few hours in the rural area of La Playa de Belén. We express our solidarity and heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the victims,” the workplace stated.