Overview
- The light aircraft, registration N325FA, crashed moments after departing Paipa’s Juan José Rondón Airport for Medellín at about 4 p.m. local time.
- Officials confirmed no survivors and identified the dead as Jiménez, pilot Capt. Torres, and team members Jefferson Osorio, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, and Weisman Mora.
- Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority and its Technical Directorate for Accident Investigation have deployed to the scene and opened a formal probe.
- Eyewitness videos show the plane failing to gain altitude, reaching the end of the runway, and burning on impact.
- The aircraft is reported to be owned by Jiménez’s company, YJ Company SAS, though authorities have not addressed ownership or cause.