Overview
- The Beechcraft 1900 (registration HK4709) operating Satena flight NSE8849 was found crashed near Curacica in La Playa de Belén with no survivors.
- Among the dead are congressman Diógenes Quintero and congressional candidate Carlos Salcedo, according to official confirmations.
- The aircraft departed at 11:42 a.m., lost contact at 11:54 a.m., and was due to land at 12:05 p.m., with local residents first reporting the wreckage.
- Aeronáutica Civil has opened a formal probe and is gathering operational, maintenance and environmental data to determine the cause.
- Officials reported the aircraft’s emergency locator beacon did not activate, complicating the search in mountainous terrain where armed groups are present.