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| Mother and infant son found alive five days after plane crash in Colombia | Mother and infant son found alive five days after plane crash in Colombia |
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| A young mother and her child have been found alive in Western Colombia five days after their plane crashed in the jungle. | A young mother and her child have been found alive in Western Colombia five days after their plane crashed in the jungle. |
| Maria Nelly Murillo, 18, and her son, five months old, were found by rescuers near to the crash site of the Cessna 303 plane in the Alto Baudo region. | Maria Nelly Murillo, 18, and her son, five months old, were found by rescuers near to the crash site of the Cessna 303 plane in the Alto Baudo region. |
| Ms Murillo had some injuries and burns, but her baby appeared unharmed after surviving the crash, the cause of which is not yet known. | Ms Murillo had some injuries and burns, but her baby appeared unharmed after surviving the crash, the cause of which is not yet known. |
| The couple were airlifted to a hospital in Quibdo. | The couple were airlifted to a hospital in Quibdo. |
| The plane had been flying on a 43 mile journey from Quibdo, the capital of the Choco region, to Nuqui on the pacific coast, when it crashed on Saturday. | The plane had been flying on a 43 mile journey from Quibdo, the capital of the Choco region, to Nuqui on the pacific coast, when it crashed on Saturday. |
| Rescuers reached the twin-engine plane on Monday and found the doors ajar, with the pilot, Carlos Mario Ceballos, dead in the cockpit. | Rescuers reached the twin-engine plane on Monday and found the doors ajar, with the pilot, Carlos Mario Ceballos, dead in the cockpit. |
| A member of the Red Cross carrying the son of Maria Nelly Murillo after his rescue in Quibdo, Colombia, 24 June 2015. Maria Nelly Murillo and her one-year-old son were rescued after missing for five days after a plane accident in the province of Choco. Ceballos body was the only one found in the wreckage, of which the mother and her baby were the sole passengers. | |
| Ms Murillo and her baby Yudier Moreno, were only found after a 14-person team searched the jungle for three days. | Ms Murillo and her baby Yudier Moreno, were only found after a 14-person team searched the jungle for three days. |
| It is suspected that the survivors forced the doors ajar to clamber out of the wreckage, but the reasons as to why are not yet known. | It is suspected that the survivors forced the doors ajar to clamber out of the wreckage, but the reasons as to why are not yet known. |
| Colonel Hector Hector Carrascal of the Colombian Air Force told AFP news agency: "It's a miracle. It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident." | Colonel Hector Hector Carrascal of the Colombian Air Force told AFP news agency: "It's a miracle. It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident." |
| "His mother's spirit must have given him strength to survive." | "His mother's spirit must have given him strength to survive." |
| Investigators are looking at the cause of the crash. | Investigators are looking at the cause of the crash. |