Colombian Singer Yeison Jiménez Among 6 Killed in Paipa Plane Crash

Overview

• Authorities confirmed there were no survivors after a small private aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Paipa bound for Medellín around 4 p.m. local time.
• The victims were identified as pilot Hernando Torres and passengers Yeison Jiménez, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, Jefferson Osorio, and Weisman Mora.
• Preliminary videos shared on social media show the plane failing to gain altitude and then burning after impact, though the cause remains undetermined.
• Colombia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an inquiry into the crash, and the Legal Medicine Institute is transferring the remains to Bogotá for forensic identification.
• The Boyacá departmental government expressed condolences and decreed official mourning following the fatalities.