Colombian military plane crash kills 66AP, BOGOTAA military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off on Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said. “Sadly, as a consequence of this tragic accident, 66 of our military elements died,” he said. Members of the Colombian armed forces, rescue workers and volunteers conduct rescue operations at the crash site of a military plane in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, on Monday. Puerto Leguizamo is in Putumayo, an Amazonian province that borders Ecuador and Peru. “I don’t think this plane crashed because of a lack of good parts,” Saumeth said.

Source: Taipei Times March 24, 2026 17:59 UTC