At least 66 people died in a military plane crash in Colombia, with four military personnel still missing.

Speaking about the incident, President Gustavo Petro criticised those blocking his plans to modernise the military.

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane nearly doubled to 66 by Monday evening, two military sources told Reuters, as...

March 23 (UPI) -- A Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed Monday in the southern department of Putumayo while transporting military personnel, with eight people confirmed dead and 48 injured, official said.

A Colombian air force plane carrying 125 people crashed just after takeoff deep in the country's southern Amazon region, with one dead and 77 people hospitalised, authorities said.

The Hercules C-130 aircraft crashed as it was taking off in Colombia's southern Amazon region, bordering Peru.

At least 34 people were killed when a Colombian Air Force plane carrying 125 people crashed just after takeoff deep in the country's southern...

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane nearly doubled to ​66 by Monday evening, two military sources told Reuters, as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage.

A military transport plane with 125 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, injuring at least 77 people, officials in the South Americ

The plane was believed to have suffered an impact near the end of the runway while taking off. One of its wings plummeted and clipped a tree.

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane nearly doubled to 66 by Monday evening, two ‌military sources told Reuters, as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage. The incident was one of the deadliest accidents in recent history for Colombia's Air Force, which also…

A military transport plane with 125 people on board crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, officials said.

A military transport plane with 128 people on board, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66.

Colombia’s defence ministry confirmed on Monday that a military aircraft carrying 110 soldiers crashed in the country’s southern region near the border with Peru. The aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130, went down while taking off from Puerto Leguízamo in the Amazon region, Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez said, adding that the exact cause of the […]

A military transport plane with 121 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, killing at least one person and leaving at least 77 injured, off...

Colombian officials say that a military cargo plane with 121 people, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off in southwestern Colombia.

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Colombian authorities did not confirm whether there were fatalities from the C-130 Hercules aircraft