![]() Sensing that they could be alive, Colombia's army stepped up the hunt and flew 150 soldiers with dogs into the area. Two weeks after the crash, on May 16, a search team found the plane in a thick patch of the rainforest and recovered the bodies of the three adults on board, but the small children were nowhere to be found. The small aircraft fell off radar a short time later and a frantic search for survivors began. ![]() He is expected to meet with the children Saturday. President Gustavo Petro celebrated the news upon returning from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group. By Saturday, as the children received treatment at a military hospital in the capital, Bogota, it remained unclear how the siblings, including an 11-month-old, managed to survived. ![]() Officials in the South American country announced their rescue Friday, bringing a happy ending to a saga with highs and lows as searchers frantically combed through the rainforest hunting for the youngsters. In this photo released by Colombia's Armed Forces Press Office, soldiers and others pose for a photo on Friday with the four children who were missing after a deadly plane crash in the Solano jungle, Caqueta state, Colombia.Ĭolombia's Armed Force Press Office via APīOGOTA, Colombia - Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then wandered on their own in the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers. ![]()
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