COLOMBIA: Deadly plane crash kills 7, injures 3

Tragedy struck in the southwestern city of Popayan in Colombia when a plane crash claimed the lives of seven victims and critically injured three others.

Reports say the incident happened on Sunday just a few minutes after the aircraft, which was operated by a local company, took off from the airport in Popayan.

“The plane involved in the accident took off from the Popayan airport, it was a Piper PA31 registration HK5229. The aircraft covered the route Popayan – Lopez de Micay with 9 people on board (including the crew), Info Vuelos Colombia tweeted late on Sunday.

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Popayan Mayor Cesar Gomez said seven of the nine people aboard were killed in the crash.

He added that two others were injured and were being treated at a hospital and said the third person hurt was a child on the ground in the area where the plane crashed.

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