4 children found alive in Colombian jungle 40 days after plane crash
Jun 11, 2023
Bogota [Colombia], June 11: Four children found alive in a Colombian jungle weeks after a plane crash were some 5 kilometres from the crash site, according to local media citing country's armed forces on Saturday.
The search by air and land began after the accident on May 1. The siblings are 13, 7, 4 and 1 year old. One of the dogs involved in their rescue is still missing.
The dog, a Belgian shepherd called Wilson, left tracks that finally enabled a search party to locate the youngsters. However, he has not yet returned from the dense jungle in Colombia's south.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro announced that the youngsters had been found on Friday evening. The plane they were flying in, a Cessna 206 propeller plane, crashed in Caqueta. The children's mother, the pilot and an indigenous leader were killed in the accident.
The search for Wilson was continuing. The president and the armed forces said they thought the military detection dog had been with the children for some of the time after his tracks were spotted alongside those of the youngsters.Children found 5km from crash site in Colombia, rescue
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Source: Qatar Tribune
