Pedro Arnulfo Sanchez, the Minister of Defense, said that a Colombian Air Force Hercules plane crashed badly on Tuesday while taking off from Puerto Leguízamo in the south of the country. It was carrying Public Force troops at the time.
The minister added in a message shared on social media, It is with deep sorrow that I report that a Hercules aircraft of our Air Force suffered a tragic accident while taking off from Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo), when it was transporting troops of our Public Force.” He went on to say that military forces are already in the vicinity of the disaster, but that “the number of possible victims and the causes of the accident have not yet been precisely determined.
Sánchez said that “all the care protocols for the victims and their families have been activated, as well as the corresponding investigation,” and asked people to be careful while the investigations are still going on. He remarked, “Out of respect for their pain, I ask you not to speculate until we have official information.” He called the disaster “a deeply painful event for the country.
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