Colombia military plane crash involved a C-130, carrying 110 soldiers occurred near the Peru border during takeoff in the Amazon region. (Photo: X/ @ricarospina) Colombia’s defence ministry on Monday said that a military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the south of the country, near the border with Peru, with officials confirming 125 people were traveling onboard.
The crash took place as the plane, a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane, was taking off from Puerto Leguizamo, deep in Colombia’s southern Amazon region on the border with Peru, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said, Reuters reported.