The search continues for a small aircraft that disappeared while flying from Condoto, in Colombia’s Chocó department, to Guaymaral airport near Bogotá. The plane was carrying five people, including four health care workers who were returning from a humanitarian mission in the remote Pacific coastal region.
Adriana Revelo, wife of pilot Mehmet Cankaya, has come forward publicly to recount her final conversation with her husband before contact was lost. She is urging Colombian authorities to step up the air and ground search operation, stressing that “every minute counts” in the effort to locate the aircraft and its passengers.
Revelo says she is holding on to hope that her husband and the others on board survived the crash. Investigators have reportedly found no signs of fire at the site where wreckage or debris may have been spotted, a detail she believes increases the chances that the crew and passengers are still alive and awaiting rescue.
Colombia’s Air Force has said it located possible signs of the missing plane and has mobilized both air and ground teams to reach the rugged, densely forested terrain of Chocó, one of the country’s most isolated and hard-to-access regions. The operation remains ongoing as officials work to confirm the aircraft’s exact location.
For the full story and details on the rescue operation, read the original report at El Tiempo.
Source: Habló esposa del piloto de avioneta desaparecida en ruta Condoto-Guaymaral: última conversación antes del accidente (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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