Douglas DC-3 plane crashes in central Colombia, killing 12
- Crash occurred after pilots made a distress call
A plane crash in Colombia killed 12 people, including a mayor and her family, aviation and emergency services said.
The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an American-made twin-engined propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed on Saturday in the centre-east of the country on a flight between the towns of San Jose del Guaviare and Villavicencio.
A fire department official said it then caught fire.
“Unfortunately … there were no survivors,” the Aeronautica Civil aviation authority said, adding that the wreckage was found close to Villavicencio.
Among the victims was the mayor of the municipality of Taraira, Doris Villegas, and her husband and daughter, as well as the owner of the aircraft, pilot Jaime Carrillo, co-pilot Jaime Herrera and an aviation technician identified as Alex Moreno.
President Ivan Duque paid tribute to the victims on Twitter.