Overview
- The Colombia leg included the hazardous Darién Gap, where production limited travel to daylight hours for safety.
- An on-screen alert instructed teams to take shuttles to Betancur airport and board the next available flights.
- A programme voiceover said Colombian police and the army were on high alert due to reported armed attacks in Antioquia.
- The flight requirement reshaped the race timetable, creating staggered departures and forcing some teams to wait until the next day.
- Although air travel is normally banned on the show, producers have previously made rare exceptions when overland routes were unsafe or unworkable.