Colombian Airplane Crash: Colombian navy Hercules airplane with 110 troopers on board erupts in flames after crash — watch

A Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) Hercules C-130 navy plane carrying about 110 troopers crashed in southern Colombia on Monday, in accordance with the nation’s defence ministry, with native media reporting that the airplane went down shortly after take-off.Video footage circulating on-line confirmed the plane engulfed in flames.The nation’s defence minister Pedro Sanchez mentioned the accident occurred because the plane was taking off from Puerto Leguizamo in Colombia’s southern Amazon area close to the border with Peru. The airplane was transporting troops from the armed forces on the time.“The precise variety of victims and the causes of the crash haven’t but been decided,” he mentioned, as cited by Reuters. BluRadio, citing authorities, reported that about 110 troopers have been on board the plane and that the crash occurred simply 3 km (2 miles) from an city centre.In a separate incident on the finish of February, one other Hercules C-130 plane belonging to the Bolivian Air Pressure crashed within the densely populated metropolis of El Alto, narrowly lacking a residential block. Greater than 20 individuals have been killed and round 30 others have been injured, whereas banknotes from the airplane’s cargo have been scattered throughout the town.