The 69 members of the security forces who died in a military plane crash in Colombia were honored Friday through their photographs, arranged before the altar of a church during a solemn ceremony held

The death toll has risen to 66 in the crash of a military plane transporting troops to a city in Putumayo in southwest Colombia.

The death toll has risen to 69 in the crash of a military plane transporting troops to a city in Putumayo in southwest Colombia.

A military transport plane with 125 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said.

A military transport plane crashed in Colombia on March 24, killing at least 66 passengers. The Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane that reportedly suffered an impact near the runway as it took off from a a city near the Peruvian border, fell from the sky in a remote area, impeding rescue efforts. The event prompted calls from Colombian President Gustavo Petro to modernise the country's ageing military--a process he says has been hamstrung by bureaucratic obstacles.

The defence chief also said that 128 people had been on board.

Bogota: Several people are feared to have lost their lives while dozens are injured after a military plane crashed as it took off from southern Colombia,

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane nearly doubled to 66 by Monday evening, two ‌military sources told Reuters, as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage. The incident was one of the deadliest accidents in recent history for Colombia's Air Force, which also…

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane nearly doubled to 66 by Monday evening, two ‌military sources told Reuters, as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage. The incident was one of the deadliest accidents in recent history for Colombia's Air Force, which also…

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane ⁠nearly doubled to 66 as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage.

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane ⁠nearly doubled to 66 as authorities continued to recover bodies from the wreckage.

The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane ⁠nearly doubled to 66 as authorities continued to recover bodies from the wreckage.

A Colombian military transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the south of the country near the town of Puerto Leguízamo, in Putumayo province, killing at least 66 people and leaving...

A military transport plane with 128 people on board, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66.

A military plane with 121 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, killing at least one and leaving at least 77 injured, with more feared dead.

At least 66 people died in a military plane crash in Colombia, with four military personnel still missing.

Colombia's armed forces chief said that 57 of the survivors had been hospitalised, with 30 of them in non-serious condition.

The plane was believed to have suffered an impact near the end of the runway while taking off. One of its wings plummeted and clipped a tree.