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Colombian Singer Yeison Jiménez Among Six Killed in Boyacá Plane Crash

Colombia's air-safety authority has opened a formal investigation into the N325FA crash that followed a failed climb from Paipa.

Overview

  • Authorities confirmed six fatalities and identified the victims as Yeison Jiménez, pilot Captain Hernando Torres, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, Jefferson Osorio and Weisman Mora.
  • The aircraft went down in a rural area between Paipa and Duitama, near vereda Romita, and burned after impact with no survivors reported.
  • Aeronáutica Civil and its accident unit DIACC activated investigation protocols and began collecting technical evidence to determine the cause.
  • Videos carried by local media show the takeoff and later the wreckage near the end of the runway.
  • Boyacá declared departmental mourning and national officials shared condolences, as a recent interview in which Jiménez spoke about dreams of an air accident resurfaced online.