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Mother and baby son found alive in Colombian jungle days after plane crash Mother and baby son found alive in Colombian jungle days after plane crash
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A woman and her baby son have been found alive in the thick Colombian jungle five days after a plane crash.A woman and her baby son have been found alive in the thick Colombian jungle five days after a plane crash.
Authorities called the survival of 18-year-old María Nelly Murillo and her son Yudier Moreno a miracle, after their Cessna 303 plane crashed into trees in the north-west of the country.Authorities called the survival of 18-year-old María Nelly Murillo and her son Yudier Moreno a miracle, after their Cessna 303 plane crashed into trees in the north-west of the country.
“It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident,” Colombian Air Force colonel Héctor Carrascal told AFP.“It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident,” Colombian Air Force colonel Héctor Carrascal told AFP.
Murillo was pictured on Thursday looking exhausted, with burns on her arms, and clinging to a rescue worker after she was lifted from a rescue helicopter.Murillo was pictured on Thursday looking exhausted, with burns on her arms, and clinging to a rescue worker after she was lifted from a rescue helicopter.
Mother and baby are now in hospital, with Murillo suffering minor burns. Her son is in good health, the air force said in a statement. “His mother’s spirit must have given him strength to survive,” Carrascal said.Mother and baby are now in hospital, with Murillo suffering minor burns. Her son is in good health, the air force said in a statement. “His mother’s spirit must have given him strength to survive,” Carrascal said.
The body of the plane’s pilot, Capt Carlos Mario Ceballos, was found three days ago in the ruined aircraft in the Serranía del Baudó mountain range.The body of the plane’s pilot, Capt Carlos Mario Ceballos, was found three days ago in the ruined aircraft in the Serranía del Baudó mountain range.
The plane had been flying from Quibdó, the capital of Chocó region in the west of the country, to the Pacific coastal town of Nuquí. The cause of the crash is not yet known.The plane had been flying from Quibdó, the capital of Chocó region in the west of the country, to the Pacific coastal town of Nuquí. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
The doors of the plane were open when it was was found, which led authorities to suspect surviving passengers had managed to get out of the wreckage.The doors of the plane were open when it was was found, which led authorities to suspect surviving passengers had managed to get out of the wreckage.
Carasscal told local reporters that rescue workers had also found toys in the plane wreckage, but no bodies, prompting a search-and-rescue effort.Carasscal told local reporters that rescue workers had also found toys in the plane wreckage, but no bodies, prompting a search-and-rescue effort.
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A 14-man team scoured the dense jungle for three days without finding the mother and child, then resorted to using loudspeakers to broadcast their presence.A 14-man team scoured the dense jungle for three days without finding the mother and child, then resorted to using loudspeakers to broadcast their presence.
Carasscal said that tactic was more successful, telling El Colombiano that contact was established and arrangements were made to transport the survivors to El Caraño airport.Carasscal said that tactic was more successful, telling El Colombiano that contact was established and arrangements were made to transport the survivors to El Caraño airport.