Four indigenous Colombian children were found Friday after missing for 40 days after the small plane they were traveling in crashed into the Amazon rainforest, the Associated Press reported.
According to the news, the four brothers flew early on May 1 with their mother and three adults, including a pilot, from the Amazon rainforest village of Araraquara to San Jose del Guaviare, a small city on the edge of the rainforest. It is said that report. The Cessna single-engine prop plane then reportedly suffered an engine failure and disappeared from radar.A search party of Colombian soldiers and indigenous volunteers cut through the jungleWithstood bad weather and wildlife, they found the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of all three adults about two weeks after the crash.
A nationwide search for the children progressed, and despite heavy rain, searchers blew up a recording of the children’s grandmother’s voice, finding clues such as footprints, baby bottles and used diapers. CBS news. (RELATED: Fateful flight crashed in Virginia Mountains, air traffic control lost contact with pilot in minutes)
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— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) June 9, 2023
The search party eventually found the children all together. A relieved Colombian President Gustavo Petro tweeted a picture of a Colombian soldier tending to children, adding: “A joy for the whole country!”
Mother Magdalena Muktui’s children are named Leslie Jacobombea Muktui, 13, Soleini Jacobombea Muktui, 9, Tien Ranok Muktui, 4, and baby Christine Ranok Muktui. reported to be. CNN.
Aging aircraft and treacherous terrain make flying over the Amazon a dangerous adventure, with nearly 54 (8.74%) of the 641 confirmed civil aviation accidents in Colombia since 1996 occurring in the Amazon. doing. Even though less than 2% of Colombia’s population lives in the rainforest. , according to a CNN report.
The children are reportedly being treated by doctors. Details of how they survived are not immediately available, according to the Associated Press.
