Cargo plane crashes in Colombia, killing 5 crew

  21 December 2016    Read: 1666
Cargo plane crashes in Colombia, killing 5 crew
A cargo airplane operated by the Colombian carrier Aerosucre crashed just three minutes after takeoff on Tuesday evening, killing five crew members and sending a flight technician to the hospital with injuries.
The Boeing 727 can be seen tilting to one side and veering off the runway as it attempted a takeoff at around 5:20 p.m. at the German Olano airport in the city of Puerto Carreno in eastern Colombia, near the border with Venezuela, Aeronautica Civil, Colombia`s aviation authority, said.

The plane crashed at 5:23 p.m. almost immediately after departing on its route to Colombia`s capital city of Bogota. Aviation firefighters arrived at the scene, 10 miles from the airport, to handle the emergency just minutes after the crash, Aeronautica Civil said.

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