Terrible find
Two bodies found in the undercarriage of an airplane in Colombia
A plane operated by the Colombian airline Avianca
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After a plane landed in Colombia, two bodies were found in the plane’s undercarriage. The two dead are said to be a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old.
Two bodies have been found in the undercarriage of a scheduled airliner operated by Colombian airline Avianca. The two dead were found after the plane landed in Bogotá, Avianca said on Saturday (local time). The machine had come from the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile.
Sympathy for the families of the two young dead
The online portal “watson” quotes a statement from Avianca, in which the airline expresses its condolences to the families of the two dead men, aged 15 and 20. Although no identification documents were found on the bodies, one was carrying cash from the Dominican Republic. In addition, a suitcase was found with the young men, which contained papers from the Caribbean country.
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According to a report by TV station Caracol, the bodies were already decomposed and showed signs of burns and exposure to extreme cold. Apparently they had been in the right and left undercarriage of the machine for several days. The aircraft was last serviced on December 27, 2022. Between December 31 and January 3, the machine was in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
Sources: Watson