An airplane crashes in central Colombia. 12 occupants die | WORLD

At least twelve people, including a minor, They died this Saturday after crashing the airline's DC-3 plane in which they traveled in a jungle of the Colombian department of Meta (center), indicated official sources.

"We have a group of 12 dead people (…) we have 10 pbadengers, including a minor, and a pilot and co-pilot for a total of 12 dead, "said Lieutenant Fernando Martinez, coordinator of the National Disaster Risk Management Unit ( UNGRD).) In Villavicencio, capital of the Meta.

The boat covered the road Pedreras, in Taraira (Vaupés)He stopped at the airport of San José del Guaviare and went to Vanguardia in Villavicencio.

The sources of the airport in Colombia, from where the plane took off, They said the mayor of Taraira was traveling in the plane, husband and daughter of the couple.

According to a witness, by touching the ground, the plane caught on fire. Until now, the Colombian authorities have not disclosed the names of the people who were in the plane.

Civil Aeronautics of Colombia will visit the place of the plane crash to conduct practical investigations of the disaster.