weeks after a plane disaster, kids are found in the bush, says the president
However, rumors suggest that some officials reject assertions that the operation in Colombia was effective.
Four children, including an 11-month-old infant, have been found alive more than two weeks after a plane carrying them crashed in a jungle. This news was reported by Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Defense sources, however, are alleged to have refuted reports that the rescue effort was successful.
The four youngsters who were reported missing following a plane crash in Guaviare have been located alive, according to our military’s exhaustive search efforts, Petro said in a social media post on Wednesday. He called it “a joy for the country.”
Some major media outlets have contested reports that the rescue was a success. The youngsters have not been located, defense sources have been unable to confirm, according to a story in the El Espectador newspaper on Thursday.
According to additional reports, the four kids, who are 13 years old, 9 years old, 4 years old, and 11 months old, may have been saved by a boatman; but, because the jungle is inaccessible, it has taken longer to deliver them to authorities.
Reuters reports that three individuals, including the pilot, perished in a Cessna 206 crash on May 1 while flying seven passengers from Araracuara in the Amazonas province to San Jose del Guaviare. The three adults’ bodies, including the mother of the kids, were discovered in and around the plane’s wreckage.
The Cessna’s engine had malfunctioned, the pilot reported, in a mayday alert just before the crash into dense bush. According to Reuters, the Colombian military, firefighters, and civil aviation officials have initiated a rescue mission to find the youngsters who are still alive.
According to the civil aviation authority, the kids left the plane wreckage and made an attempt to cross the rainforest in search of help. Previous search teams had discovered numerous signs of the kids, such as fruit remnants and improvised huts made of wild foliage.
