Search crews in Colombia have located wreckage from a small plane that vanished three days earlier, but they have yet to find anyone aboard, according to the Colombian Air Force (FAC).
The Cessna T206, registered HK4985, disappeared on Sunday, September 13, while flying from Condoto, in the northwestern department of Chocó, to Guaymaral airport near Bogotá. Contact with the aircraft was lost mid-route, prompting an extensive search effort.
On Tuesday, September 16, rescue teams pushed into a remote, mountainous stretch near Cerro Tatamá, a peak straddling the border between Chocó and Risaralda departments. The terrain is steep and hard to reach, sitting at roughly 2,700 meters (about 8,850 feet) above sea level.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, part of a unit nicknamed “Ángel,” ferried a specialized recovery team into the crash zone. Once on the ground, rescuers confirmed they had reached one of the sites where debris from the plane had been spotted—but they did not find the passengers or crew there.
The Air Force says the search operation is ongoing as teams comb the difficult terrain for further clues. Authorities have not yet released details on how many people were aboard the flight.
For the latest updates as this story develops, read the full report at El Tiempo.
Source: FAC reveló detalles de la búsqueda de avioneta desaparecida en ruta Condoto-Guaymaral y dijo que 'no encontraron ocupantes': video muestra operativo (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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