Overview
- The small charter aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Paipa’s Juan José Rondón Airport around 4 p.m. local time while bound for Medellín, officials said.
- Civil Aeronautics confirmed all six fatalities and identified the crash area between Paipa and Duitama, naming the aircraft as registration N325FA.
- The victims were identified as singer Yeison Jiménez, pilot Capt. Hernando Torres, co-pilot Juan Manuel Rodríguez, and passengers Óscar Marín, Jefferson Osorio, and Weisman Mora.
- Eyewitness and social-media videos show the plane on the runway moments before departure and the wreckage later engulfed in flames.
- Colombia’s Technical Directorate for Accident Investigation and transport authorities have begun collecting evidence, and media reports say the aircraft was linked to YJ Company SAS; no cause has been announced.