2023 Caquetá Cessna Stationair crash
The wreckage of the aircraft at the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | May 1, 2023 |
| Summary | Crashed to the ground, under investigation |
| Site | Near Solano, Caquetá, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 206 |
| Operator | Avianline Charters |
| Registration | HK-2803 |
| Flight origin | Araracuara Airport, Colombia |
| Destination | Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport, San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia |
| Occupants | 7 |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Survivors | 4 |
On May 1, 2023, a Cessna 206 light aircraft with seven people on board crashed in the jungle in the Caquetá Department of Colombia. Two of the occupants – the pilot and co-pilot – were killed on impact, while four passengers, Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy (13), Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy (9), Tien Ranoque Mucutuy (5), and Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy (1), survived the crash. The mother survived for several days and died, leaving the children to fend for themselves. The children, between 11 months and 13 years old, survived for 40 days in the rainforest before being rescued by the Colombian military and volunteers from local indigenous groups.