Military Transport Plane Crashes in Southwestern Colombia, 77 Rescued

A military transport plane with 125 people on board crashed shortly after taking off in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties. At least 77 people were rescued alive. Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a social media post that the plane was carrying troops when the tragic incident occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, on the Peru and Ecuador borders. The commander of Colombia’s Air Force, Carlos Fernando Silva, issued a video saying that 125 people were on board the Hercules C-130 plane, including 114 passengers and 11 crew members.