A small plane crashed into a residential area of Colombia’s second-largest city Medellin on Monday (November 21), airport authorities and the mayor confirmed.
Medellin’s Mayor, Daniel Quintero, said that all on board were killed in the tragic accident. He wrote: “There has been a plane accident in the Belen Rosales sector. The full capacity of government has been activated to assist the victims.”
Preliminary information revealed that the plane took off from Olaya Herrera airport in the morning. It reported an engine failure before crashing into a house. Reports mentioned that thick plumes of black smoke were seen in the air after the crash.
The emergency services in the city were rushed to the scene. Their page on Twitter stated that the aircraft had eight people on board and it hit at least one house in the Belen Rosales area.
The airport authorities also revealed that the eight people in the plane included six passengers and two crew members. So far, there are no reports of anyone had been injured or killed in the house.
🚨 Se accidentó aeronave PA31 operada por SanGermán en la que viajaban 6 pasajeros y 2 tripulantes. La última hora en aire reportada fue a las 10:14 a.m. Con destino Pizarro en El Chocó.
👇🧵 pic.twitter.com/1xXyVELPDY
— DAGRD – Medellín (@DAGRDMedellin) November 21, 2022
Se ha presentado el accidente de una avioneta en el sector de Belen Rosales. Todas las capacidades de la administración se han activado para socorrer a las Victimas. pic.twitter.com/Vj5qaJBc8T
— Daniel Quintero Calle (@QuinteroCalle) November 21, 2022
Lamentamos el fallecimiento de los tripulantes del vuelo HK5121 de San German.
Piloto: Julián Aladino
Copiloto: Sergio Guevara DelgadoPasajeros:
Jorge Cantillo Martínez
Dubán Ovalle Quintero
Anthony Mosquera Blanquiceth
Pedro Pablo Serna
Melissa Pérez Cuadros
Nicolás Jiménez
— Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera (@AeropuertoEPAOH) November 21, 2022
Providing more information, he further said the plane was a twin-engine Piper heading from Medellin to the municipality of Pizarro in the neighbouring department of Choco. The plane “signalled engine failure on takeoff and did not manage to return to the Olaya Herrera airport.”
According to images shared by the emergency services, the plane crash-landed into a house, destroying its upper floors. In the videos shared on social media sites, the firefighters were seen working to douse flames.
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