Six Killed In Military
Plane Crash in Colombia
A military cargo plane
crashed in southern
Colombia Saturday,
killing all six soldiers
on board, the military
said.
The accident occurred at
9:00 a.m. (1400 GMT)
when the aircraft was
flying in bad weather en
route from Florencia,
capital of Caqueta
province, to San Vicente
del Caguan.
A helicopter sent by the
military spotted the
wreckage of the plane in
mountainous areas in
Montanitas, but rescuers
were unable to carry
back the bodies of the
victims due to bad
weather and difficult
terrain.
The military said it
would launch an
investigation into the
cause of the crash.
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