The pilot reportedly reported an emergency, due to engine failure, before the plane crashed to the ground on May 1.
Since then, an extensive search operation has been carried out for the seven passengers on the plane in the Guaviare region of Colombia, just next to the Amazon rainforest.
The persistent search effort was carried out by military forces, tracker dogs, helicopters and the local population of Guaviare.
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Despite difficulties with heavy rain, they finally managed to find the wreckage of the Cessna 206 plane near the village of Palma Rosa, after two weeks.
Inside and outside the plane, the three adult passengers were later found dead. But the four children, who also traveled on the plane, had still disappeared without a trace. Anyone under the age of 13.
After 16 days, the soldiers, with their three tracking dogs, found the first sign of life after the children. Three kilometers from where the plane crashed, a pair of purple scissors and hair ties were found.
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The dogs reportedly sniffed branches that the children were thought to have used as shelter from the rain, as well as a pink baby bottle.
After surviving in the jungle for 370 hours, the four children were found alive.
– After a careful search effort by our military forces, we found the four children alive. A joy for the country, the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, told local media.
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