The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, announced this Wednesday the location of the bodies of the five occupants of a small plane that crashed three days ago while flying to Bogotá.
"With deep sorrow and sadness, I confirm to the country the discovery of the Cessna T206 aircraft, registration HK-4985, which crashed while covering the route between Condoto, Chocó, and Guaymaral, in Bogotá. Unfortunately, the authorities confirmed that all its occupants were found dead," he indicated on his social media.
The president has expressed his "deep respect" to the relatives of the victims at this moment "of immense pain" and "irreparable absence." The deceased are the pilot Mehmet Cankaya and the passengers Perla Constanza Álvarez, Sandy García, María Guzmán, and Yuliza Figueredo.
According to the broadcaster Blu Radio, the small plane was part of the Colombian Civil Air Patrol and had departed from Condoto after completing a health mission in the department of Chocó, located in the center of the country.