A commercial plane fell in the south of the country and 14 people died – Telam

At least 14 dead left Saturday the fall of a commercial plane from the company Laser, which was on an internal flight in the Colombian department of Meta, in the south of the country.

"We have learned with pain an air tragedy today: a plane that was flying to Villavicencio was missing and was found destroyed," confirmed Colombian President Ivan Duque, dispatched by the agency Ansa news .

The president expressed his "solidarity" with the relatives of the victims and the "desire of the national government to be able to attend in these difficult times, in order to facilitate the provision of information quickly".

The plane, a registration plate DC-3 HK-2494, traveling from San José del Guaviare to Villavicencio, declared the state of emergency at 10:40, according to a report from the Colombian civil aviation company.