American Airlines flight attendant vanishes during Colombia layover: 'His family is desperate'

A Dallas-based American Airlines formation attendant vanished during a play layover successful Medellín, Colombia, prompting an urgent probe by section authorities.

U.S. national Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, 32, was past seen aboriginal Sunday successful Medellín’s La América vicinity aft arriving for an overnight layover en way to Miami, FOX 4 Dallas and the New York Post reported.

One of Gutierrez Molina's friends, Sharom Gil, told section outlet Telemedellín that Molina whitethorn person been invited to a party, and was aboriginal taken to a aesculapian center.

Gutierrez Molina reportedly shared his determination astatine an Airbnb adjacent José María Córdova International Airport soon earlier helium went missing, prompting friends and coworkers to record missing idiosyncratic reports with section authorities.

Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, a 32-year-old formation attendant from Dallas, was reported missing successful Colombia aft helium arrived connected Saturday, March 21, according to reports. (CDColExt/X)

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Alejandro Murcia, an elected typical for Colombians abroad, posted a heartbreaking telephone for assistance connected societal media pursuing Gutierrez Molina's disappearance.

"Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina, a U.S. national and formation attendant for @AmericanAir, is missing successful Medellín," Murcia wrote successful an X post. "Let’s assistance dispersed this station to find him. His household is desperate."

Murcia besides tagged the authoritative X relationship of the U.S. Embassy successful Bogotá, Colombia, which has not yet commented connected the disappearance.

It is unclear if foul play was involved.

American Airlines told Fox News Digital it is "actively engaged with section instrumentality enforcement officials successful their probe and doing each we tin to enactment our squad member's household during this time."

An American Airlines formation attendant went missing successful Colombia. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants confirmed to FOX 4 it is besides moving with section authorities and supporting the family.

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