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Colombia confirms 66 deaths in military plane crash
The air tragedy that occurred this Monday in southern Colombia has now left 66 confirmed deaths, in one of the
By Ada Derana English
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The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said. The footage indicates the crash happened less than two miles from the airport. Images from the scene of the crash showed thick black smoke and flames rising from the wreckage.
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People
- Francia Márquez
- Nicolas Ordoñez
- Gustavo Petro
- Pedro Sánchez
- Carlos Silva
Organisations
- Colombian Aerospace Force
- Putumayo department
- C-130 Hercules
- Air Force
- Lockheed
- Putumayo
- Defense
- Amazon
Places
- Puerto Leguízamo2
- Puerto Leguizamo
- Caucaya Airport
- Hercules C-130
- Leguízamo
- Colombia
- Hercules
- Sánchez
Keywords
- military2
- plane2
- carrying
- confirms
- occurred
- southern
- crashes
- takeoff
- tragedy
- deaths
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