Bogotá.- A plane from the Colombian company
Satena, with thirteen passengers and two crew members on board, disappeared this Wednesday while flying between
Cúcuta and Ocaña, in the department of
Norte de Santander (northeast), official sources reported.
The aircraft took off from Camilo Daza airport, in Cúcuta, capital of Norte de Santander, towards Ocaña, but did not arrive at the scheduled time at the Aguas Claras airport of that city, the second in the department.
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According to Satena,
“flight NSE8849, which covered the Cúcuta-Ocaña route, took off around 11:42 am and was scheduled to land around 12:05 pm, reported its last contact with air traffic control at 11:54 am”.
The missing plane is a US-made Beechcraft with registration HK4709 and a capacity for 19 passengers, which is operated by the company Searca, according to Satena.
“The Accident Investigation Directorate of the Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) reports that it is gathering information regarding the loss of communication with the aircraft HK4709 that covers the Cúcuta-Ocaña route with 13 passengers and two crew members”, stated the Minister of Transport, María Fernanda Rojas, on her X account.
The official added that “the corresponding protocols were activated” to support the aeronautical authorities.
The flight between Cúcuta and Ocaña takes approximately 25 minutes and, according to the flight tracking platform Flightradar, the plane stopped communicating when flying through a mountainous area between the towns of Ábrego and La Playa, in Norte de Santander.
