Commercial flight vanishes before crashing in Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, including congressman

Colombia’s state-owned hose Satena confirmed commercialized formation HK-4709 crashed aft disappearing adjacent the Colombian-Venezuelan borderline connected Wednesday, sidesplitting each 15 radical connected board, including a Colombian politician.

The hose said the Beechcraft 1900, operating the Cúcuta-Ocaña route, departed astatine 11:42 a.m. section clip and was scheduled to onshore astatine astir 12:05 p.m.

It's past interaction with aerial postulation power was astatine 11:54 a.m., and it would person exhausted its formation endurance clip astatine 2 p.m.

It is unclear what led to the clang of the Satena Airlines plane. (Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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When officials realized the formation had mislaid contact, Satena said craft from the Colombian Aerospace Force, National Army, and charter formation institution Searca initiated aerial overflight operations successful the areas wherever the past disposable accusation connected the craft was recorded.

The craft besides searched on the missing plane’s planned route.

Just earlier 5:30 p.m., Satena confirmed the level crashed leaving nary survivors, citing accusation from the president of the Community Action Board of the Curásica agrarian territory successful the municipality of La Playa de Belén.

The 2 unit members were identified arsenic Capt. Miguel Vanegas and Capt. Jose de la Vega.

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The 13 passengers were identified as: María Álvarez Barbosa; Carlos Salcedo; Rolando Penaloza Gualdron; María Díaz Rodríguez; Maira Avendano Rincon; Anayisel Quintero; Karen Parales Vera; Anirley Julio Osorio; Gineth Rincon; Diogenes Quintero Amaya; Natalia Acosta Salcedo; Maira Sánchez Criado; and Juan Pacheco Mejía.

Diogenes Quintero Amaya was a subordinate of the House of Representatives of Colombia, according to a study from The City Paper Bogotá. Carlos Salcedo was a campaigner for Colombia’s House of Representatives.

An aerial presumption shows the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge, successful Cucuta, Colombia.  (Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)

"From Satena, we widen our astir sincere condolences, with profound sorrow and afloat solidarity, to the families of our passengers and unit members who mislaid their lives successful this accident," the hose wrote successful a statement. 

Satena added it volition deploy each of its resources to supply humanitarian assistance to the victims' families and to "clarify the circumstances of what occurred."

The hose is heavy utilized by authorities officials and tourists, and connects the superior with tiny determination airports successful the capitals of Colombia's 32 states.

A Satena Airlines level from Bogotá, Colombia, astatine the International Airport successful La Guajira, Venezuela. (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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The country wherever the level disappeared, adjacent Colombia’s borderline with Venezuela, is known for its mountainous terrain and mediocre visibility.

Local paper El Tiempo reported determination person been dense rains for weeks betwixt Cucuta and the Catatumbo region, which has seen caller unit — including targeted killings, kidnappings, and forced displacement of civilians.