Four Killed In Colombian
Air Crash
BOGOTA - Four people
were killed and three
others injured Tuesday
in an air crash in
Colombia's western Choco
province, local media
reported.
The small passenger
plane crashed into a
nearby mountain after
taking off from an
airport in Choco
province, witnesses
said.
Four of the seven
passengers on board were
killed instantly. The
three injured have been
sent to a local
hospital.
The plane, belonging to
a private company, was
destined for Quibodo,
capital of the province.
A Colombian army officer
said the accident had
nothing to do with the
rebel group,
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC),
which actively operates
in the province.
The cause of the air
crash is being
investigated, he added.
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