Colombia Jungle Plane Crash: Search intensifies for two missing children after mother found dead on board
Lily Fisher
Published Jan 12, 2026
A concentrated quest for four youngsters who have been absent since their plane crashed in a wilderness in Colombia is as yet progressing. The mother of the kids has been found dead alongside a few other people who were on the plane during the accident, which occurred more than about fourteen days back. Specialists have come to accept that the youngsters have been meandering in the rainforest since the accident.
The youngsters are allegedly in the age scope of 11 months to 13 years. The pilot, co-pilot, and the mother of the youngsters died in the Colombian plane accident. On Wednesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro purportedly posted a tweet guaranteeing that the youngsters were found. In any case, he later erased the tweet expressing that no affirmation has been gotten from the ICBF.
Sniffer canines had likewise been conveyed to search for the missing kids in the backwoods. The canines further went over things like some scissors, a kid’s drinking bottle, and a half-eaten natural product. Specialists searching for the kids likewise found a safe house produced using branches and leaves.
The terrible accident occurred on May 1 in a thick wilderness in Colombia. The casualties who died incorporated the pilot, a co-pilot, and a female. The lady’s four youngsters are, nonetheless, missing since the accident. The children are supposedly 11 months, 13 years, 9 years, and 4 years.
A beam of trust showed up when President Gustavo Petro tweeted that the kids have been found. Notwithstanding, he erased the tweet soon after transferring it and expressed that the revelation is yet to be affirmed. He further composed:
“I have chosen to erase the tweet since it hasn’t been imaginable to affirm the data gave by the (youngster government assistance office). Please accept my apologies it worked out. Right now there could be no other need other than pushing ahead with the pursuit until you track down them. The kids’ lives are the most significant.”
“We imagine that the kids who were on board the plane are alive. We have tracked down follows at an alternate area, away from the accident site, and where they might have protected.” A few group revealed seeing the youngsters on Wednesday. A nearby plane administrator named Avianline, which possessed the crashed plane, guaranteed that they have reports of the kids being found. In any case, the organization additionally expressed that they couldn’t affirm the legitimacy of the report.
The plane that crashed in the timberland in Colombia was a Cessna 206 and was conveying seven people on a course among Araracuara and San Jose del Guaviare. Sadly, the plane had a motor disappointment and crashed on May 1, 2023. While the three grown-ups died in the accident, the four youngsters appear to have vanished. Helicopters and planes from both Colombia’s flying corps and armed force have been associated with the inquiry method.