The cargo plane is believed to have crashed in a field outside Puerto Carreno in Colombia, killing all but one on board.
These are the horrifying first pictures taken as rescuers picked through the smoking wreckage of a cargo plane that plummeted to earth soon after take-off. Five people are believed to have been killed after the plane overshot a runway and crashed in South America. Now photographs and video have emerged showing the devastating aftermath as emergency services searched the scorched countryside where it exploded.
The cargo plane reportedly struggled to gain altitude and came down in a field outside Puerto Carreno in Colombia. Rescuers took photographs and filmed the scene as they helped pull bodies from the twisted metal wreck - with some parts still on fire. One video, taken by a motorcyclist who filmed the plane as it took off, shows it overshooting the runway and clipping a fence.
According to unconfirmed reports, the Boeing had struggled to gain altitude as it took off en route to the Colombian capital of Bogota. The crash comes just three weeks after a plane carrying 77 people, including members of Brazilian football team Chapecoense, crashed near to Medellin airport in Colombia. By Natalie Evans. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.
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